Inocybe whitei
| Inocybe whitei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Inocybaceae |
| Genus: | Inocybe |
| Species: | I. whitei
|
| Binomial name | |
| Inocybe whitei | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Inocybe whitei | |
|---|---|
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is campanulate or conical | |
| Hymenium is adnate or sinuate | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is brown | |
| Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
| Edibility 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 Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
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
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
Similar species include Inocybe adaequata, I. fraudans, and Hygrophorus russula.[7]
Toxicity
The species is considered poisonous as it contains muscarine.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Inocybe pudica Kühner :26, 1947". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ a b c d e f Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
- ^ a b Berkeley, Miles; Broome, Christopher (1876). "XVII.—Notices of British Fungi". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 17 (4): 131. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Inocybe whitei page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ a b c 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.