Inocybe whitei

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Inocybe whitei
File:Inocybe whitei 275323.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Inocybaceae
Genus: Inocybe
Species:
I. whitei
Binomial name
Inocybe whitei
(Berk. & Broome) Sacc. (1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus geophilus var. lateritius Berk. & Broome (1870)
  • Agaricus whitei Berk. & Broome (1876)
  • Agaricus flavidolilacinus Britzelm. (1891)
  • Inocybe geophylla f. perplexa Kauffman (1925)
  • Inocybe armeniaca Huijsman (1974)
  • Inocybe pudica Kühner (1947)
Inocybe whitei
Mycological characteristics
File:Gills icon.pngGills on hymenium
File:Campanulate cap icon.svg File:Conical cap icon.svgCap is campanulate or conical
File:Adnate gills icon2.svg File:Sinuate gills icon2.svgHymenium is adnate or sinuate
File:Bare stipe icon.svgStipe is bare
Spore print is brown
File:Mycorrhizal fungus.svgEcology is mycorrhizal
File:Mycomorphbox Poison.pngEdibility is poisonous

Inocybe whitei, also known as Inocybe pudica and commonly known as the blushing inocybe,[2] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Inocybaceae.

Taxonomy

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The species was originally defined as Agaricus whitei by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome in 1876[3] and transferred to the genus Inocybe by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1887. The species was also described independently as Inocybe pudica by Robert Kühner in 1947.[4] Nowadays the two names are considered synonyms, with Berkeley and Broome's name taking precedence.[5][6]

The epithet whitei was given in honour of Dr. Buchanan White, a naturalist of Perthshire.[3]

Description

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The mushroom is initially white then develops reddish stains. The cap is 2–8 centimetres (1–3 in) wide and conical, then convex to flat with an umbo.[2] The gills vary in attachment and are pallid at first, but darken with maturity.[2] The spore print is brown.[2]

The stalk is 4–8 cm long and 0.5–1 cm thick.[2] The flesh has an unpleasant or spermatic odor.[2] The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth.[7]

Similar species

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Similar species include Inocybe adaequata, I. fraudans, and Hygrophorus russula.[7]

Toxicity

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The species is considered poisonous as it contains muscarine.[7]

See also

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References

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