FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



Many of the species of Inocybe are rare or local, having 

 been found but once, and in a single locality. 



None of the species of this genus should be eaten because 

 some of them are poisonous and the distinctions are very 

 difficult to make. Murrill. 



Species of Inocybe 



Inocybe abundans ; abundant inocybe. Plate IX, Species 

 67. 



On damp ground in woods; in groups; July and August; 

 probably POISONOUS. 



Cap bell-shaped or nearly plane; rarely with a pit at the 

 center (umbilicate) ; surface dry, with radiating cracks and 

 flaky scales; color of tanned leather with rusty hues at the 

 center and light-brown fibrous lines radiating from it. Taste 

 mild ; odor rather strong fungous ; >^ to i inch broad. 



Gills attached to the stem (adnate) or free from it; whitish 

 when young, rusty when old. 



Stem whitish at its upper end, inclining to brownish at the 

 base; 2 inches long. 



Spores pale rusty; elliptical; 7x4 microns in diameter. 



Abundant about New York City in late summer. Not 

 easily distinguished from Inocybe infelix (Peck). Murrill. 



Inocybe rimosa; cracked inocybe. Species 68. Fig- 

 ure 23. 



On ground in woods; singly or in groups; POISONOUS. 



Cap thin; convex, bell-shaped or expanded; sometimes with 

 an elevation at the center (umbonate); surface silky, with 

 radiating cracks; yellowish-brown; i to 2 inches broad. 



Gills pallid or tan; attached to the stem (adnate). 



Stem cylindric; firm; slightly swollen at the base; solid; 

 I to 2 inches long; thick. 



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