Bittersweet Fibrecap - Mallocybe dulcamara
Cap convex, with a narrow central bump, becoming flattened, felty, ochraceous brown, about 1 to 4 cm across. Gills adnate, crowded, brown, margin serrated, pale.
other species in Inocybaceae family
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This is a difficult speces to identify with certainty unless it has been microscopically examined from a specimen. Expert verification prior to submssion to NatureSpot is recommended. Also photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
On sandy soil with Birch and Willow.
Summer and Autumn.
Widespread but rather infrequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bittersweet Fibrecap
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Inocybaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 23/09/2018 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 23/09/2018 (Nicholls, David)
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