SCIENTIFIC NAME: INOCYBE GEOPHYLLA
VERNACULAR NAME: WHITE/LILAC FIBRECAP

Fig 1
CAP 1 - 4cm in diameter.  White, smooth and silky starting flat becoming more expanded with prominent central umbo. Var. lilacina is similar but of a beautiful lilac colour with an ochraceous flush towards the centre.
STIPE White but in var. lilacina it is lilac with an ochraceous base.
GILLS/PORES White turning to clay, ochraceous in lilacina.
FLESH White flesh and unchanging - lilaceous in var. lilacina. Weak with earthy, mealy smell.
SPORES Snuff-brown. Almond shaped - less so in var. lilacina
HABITAT Mixed woodland and pathsides.
SEASON Late summer to autumn.
EDIBILITY Poisonous. rrr

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