Cap |
The smooth, silky cap has a diameter of 3 to 10 cm. Initially
conical, it flattens as it matures, usually retaining a pointed umbo
and streaky radial fibres that in dry weather tend to split radially towards the edge of the cap.
Beneath the cap surface the flesh is white and does not change colour
on exposure to air. |
Gills |
The crowded, adnexed or adnate gills start off creamy-grey
with white edges, and they turn olive-brown as the spores mature. |
Stipe |
5 to 12 mm in diameter and 3 to 9 cm tall, the pale stem is smooth and silky,
sometimes slightly fibrillose towards the base, where it is straw-yellow. |
Spore print |
Dull brown. |
Odour/taste |
Slightly mealy smell. Reported to
have a mild taste (but please be aware that this is a poisonous
fungus). |
Habitat |
Beneath
deciduous trees, most notably beech. |
Season |
Late June to November. |
Occurrence |
Common. |
Similar species |
- The white variety of Inocybe geophylla is rather smaller and paler.
- Inocybe patouillardii is pale cream rather than straw yellow,
and it bruises brick red; it is deadly poisonous.
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