Surrey 22 October 2015. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, covered with coarse upright fibrous scales, margin ragged, brown, to about 4 cm across Gills Adnate, whitish then light brown with a white edge Stem Equal or slightly broader at the base, pale, covered with brown fibrous scales Flesh Thin, pale Smell Earthy Taste Indistinct to unpleasant Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Rarely reported Habitat In deciduous and coniferous woods Spore Print Yellow brown Microscopic Features Spores elliptical to almond shaped, smooth (8-12.5) x (5.5-6.5) µm2. Basidia clavate, four spored. Gill edge cystidia spindle shaped and ventricose. Cap scale hyphal ends brown, encrusted, septate with clamps. Edibility Inedible Notes There are several other scaly Inocybe species including the Inocybe lanuginosa which is fairly common 
Surrey 22 October 2015. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo red viewed with a x100 immersion objective. Surrey 22 October 2015. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidium in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. Surrey 22 October 2015. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. Surrey 22 October 2015. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Encrusted cap scale hyphal ends in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. Surrey 22 October 2015. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |