Split Fibrecap

Inocybe rimosa

Forests, parks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3–7 (10) cm across, conical when young, finally shaped like an open umbrella, with a sharp umbo, the cuticle radially cracked, often split, from yellowish to brownish-red. Gills greyish, later yellowish-brown, adnexed. Stem 3-8 (13)x0.3-7.5 cm, yellowish-brownish, whitish near the gills, white-dotted. Flesh white, yellowish, with an unpleasant smell and taste. Characteristic features: cap conical, cracked, stem thin, long. Grows singly or in small groups. Poisonous, common. A fungus of repellent appearance. In Lithuania 65 species of Inocybe have been found so far. Most are mycosymbiotrophs. Every second or third species is poisonous, the others are inedible. These fungi are of no interest to mushroom pickers.