Inocybe splendens
Cap 3 to 5 cm. A fairly sturdy, brownish cap with a central umbo and paler whitish stem.
other Inocybe
microscope 
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
Grassland, often at the edge of woods.
Summer and autumn.
Although it is widespread in England it seems to be rather infrequent.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
09 October 2019
det. R Iliffe
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
09 October 2019
det. R Iliffe
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Species profile
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Inocybaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 09/10/2019 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 09/10/2019 (Nicholls, David)
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