Inocybe petiginosa    (Fr.:Fr.) Gillet 

common name(s) : Scurfy Fibrecap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Inocybaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Inocybeae  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with  Inocybe petiginosa toxicity of Inocybe petiginosa genus Inocybe  

The cap is pinkish brown to reddish brown at the centre, covered with a whitish-downy and concentrical topping, disappearing to remain only at the margin.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.5 and 2 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 1.5 and 4 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 1 and 2 mm)


Inocybe petiginosa is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Inocybe petiginosa in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Inocybe petiginosa in the forest of Rambouillet



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