White Fibrecap

Inocybe geophylla – Poisonous

Forests, parks, gardens, groves, shrublands. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 0.5-2 (3-4) cm across, conical when young, later flattened, with a sharp umbo, white, greyish-white, grey or even cream. Young gills white, later greyish-brown, adnate. Stem 3–7x0.1-0.4 cm, white, fragile. Flesh white, thin, with an unpleasant smell and taste. Characteristic features: tiny, white fruiting bodies that do not catch the mushroom picker's eye. Grows singly or in small groups. Poisonous, very common. There are several varieties, differing only in their blue or pink colour, growing next to one another.