Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Inocybe lacera

Facts
Common Name: 
Inocybe lacera
Scientific Name: 
Inocybe lacera
Cap Diameter (mm): 
10-40mm
Stem Height (mm): 
20-40mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
2-5mm
Information
Description: 

A small yellowish-brown agaric with a scaly cap that can be found growing on sandy soil with coniferous trees and old moss covered fire sites.

Distribution: 

Frequent from late Summer till Autumn.

Habitat: 

Growing in coniferous woodland and old moss covered fire sites.

Cap: 

Convex then expanded to flattened with a slight umbo, o=dark-brown or ochraceous, scaly-fibrous and radially splitting.

Flesh: 

Cap and stem flesh is whitish and unchanging. Odour of meal, taste not distinctive.

Gills: 

Adnexed or emarginate, crowded, cream coloured, becoming grey-brown with whitish edges.

Stem: 

Slender, more or less equal, ring absent, whitish or pale brown in colour.

Additional Notes: 

Inedible.