Inocybe help needed

[SheffieldLass]

I found quite a few of these Inocybe in fixed sand dunes, with Marram. I can't say that I saw any dwarf Salix there, but if so then it was very dwarf . They were in the stretch before grazing starts, but where it was fairly grassy/herby, but still with Marram in the mix.



Pure white gills that remain pretty much white , going slightly creamish. Stem slightly bulbous at base. Stem and cap goes slightly ochre or reddish with handling. Smell faint garibaldi biscuity

Spores seem to be a very pale brown. In water they looked almost angular, a bit irregular, but when put in Melzers they looked smoother. Spores dextrinoid.

in water
in Melzers
(10.9) 12.1-14.4 (15.70 x (4.9) 5.3-6.3 (6.8) um Qav 2.3

Cheilocystidia clavate. No fancy pleurocystidia.


Basidia 4 sp.

Veil cortina-like, white.


I've used the key in Funga Nordica and Inocybe arenicola might be a possibility, though my spores are a bit narrower than quoted. I've also looked through the list of Inocybe Maurice Rotheroe found in dunes, but haven't been able to check them all, and some I haven't found pictures of. The white gills should help narrow it down.

So suggestions welcome.

Cheers
Melanie

[mollisia]

Hello,

very sorry, but you are on a completely wrong path here. Have you ever heared of an Inocybe with hyaline spores? This is Lepiota alba.

best regards,
Andreas

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by mollisia

Hello,

very sorry, but you are on a completely wrong path here. Have you ever heared of an Inocybe with hyaline spores? This is Lepiota alba.

best regards,
Andreas

Thanks. A friend also gave me a nudge in the Lepiota direction too!

I at first thought hyaline spores from the gill colour but the spores did look slightly coloured under the microscope!

Melanie