Inocybe whitei

Inocybe whitei, or Inocybe pudica, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.

Inocybe whitei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

Taxonomy

The species was originally defined as Agaricus whitei by Berkeley and Broome in 1876[2] and transferred to the genus Inocybe by Saccardo in 1887. The species was also described independently as Inocybe pudica by Robert Kühner in 1947.[3] Nowadays the two names are considered synonyms, with Berkeley and Broome's name taking precedence.[4][5]

The epithet whitei was given in honour of Dr. Buchanan White, a naturalist of Perthshire.[2]

Description

The mushroom cap is 2–4 cm wide, conical then convex to flat with an umbo. It has an unpleasant odor. The stalk is 2–6 cm tall and .5–1 cm wide. The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth.[6]

It is considered poisonous as it contains muscarine.[6]

Similar species

Similar species include Inocybe adaequata, Inocybe fraudans, and Hygrophorus russula.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Inocybe pudica Kühner :26, 1947". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  2. Berkeley, Miles; Broome, Christopher (1876). "XVII.—Notices of British Fungi". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17 (4): 131. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  3. Kühner R. (1947). "Quelques agarics rares, critiques, ou nouveaux de la région de Besancon". Annales Scientifiques de la Franche-Comté (in French). 2: 26–42.
  4. Knudsen, H.; Vesterholt, J., eds. (2018). Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gasteroid genera. Copenhagen: Nordsvamp. p. 1011. ISBN 978-87-983961-3-0.
  5. "Inocybe whitei page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  6. Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.


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