12 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Inocybe fastigiata Cap Conical, expanding with age with a central peak, yellow brown, centre darker, splitting radially to reveal pale flesh, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnexed, crowded, pale brown with a white edge Stem Cylindrical, white Flesh Firm, fibrous in the stem, white Smell Faint, mealy or absent Taste Do not taste Season Summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat In deciduous woods Spore Print Walnut brown Microscopic Features Spores bean shaped, smooth (9-14) x (4.5-7) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical, club shaped or pear shaped. Edibility Poisonous 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 12 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 12 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 12 September 2020. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |