Collared Fibrecap - Inocybe cincinnata

Description

Cap 1 to 2.5 cm across, bell-shaped then expanding with a broad umbo, reddish-brown, densely covered in minute erect scales. Young specimens have a veil.  Stem tinged violaceous at apex, thinly covered in brownish cottony tufts towards the base. 

Similar Species

other Inocybe

Identification difficulty

microscope

Recording advice

Difficult to identify with certainty from photos; we recommend they are verified by an expert from a specimen prior to submission to NatureSpot.  Also photograph from top down, in side-view and from underneath showing gills; note smell, habitat and substrate

Habitat

Associated with trees, sometimes in damp deciduous and coniferous woods. 

When to see it

Season summer to autumn.

VC55 Status

Infrequently recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland 

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Species profile

Common names
Collared Fibrecap
Species group:
fungus
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Inocybaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
2
First record:
31/10/2019 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
23/11/2020 (Calow, Graham)

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