Inocybe griseolilacina
| Inocybe griseolilacina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Inocybaceae |
| Genus: | Inocybe |
| Species: | I. griseolilacina
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| Inocybe griseolilacina J.E.Lange (1917)
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Inocybe griseolilacina | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or flat |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe has a cortina |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Inocybe griseolilacina, commonly known as the lilac leg fibrecap, is a mushroom in the family Inocybaceae. It was described scientifically by Danish mycologist Jakob Emanuel Lange in 1917.[1] It is inedible.[2] Its distinguishing characteristic is its pale yellow-gray and scaly cap and its fibrillose lilac stipe.
Its flesh, cap and gills often have lilac hues, as its name suggests. Its cap measures 1.5-3 cm across and is initially convex before flattening out with a small bump in the middle (umbo). The stipe is covered by a white cortina, when young and is lilac-coloured, occasionally having a pinkish hue at the top. It measures 1.4-6.7 x 0.1-0.6cm and is composed of thread-like fibers. The gills are adnexed to slightly sinuate and wider in the middle. They are 0.15-0.5 cm broad, and start of pale, darkening to gray and finally to umber. The odour and taste is sperm-like. [3]
The spores measure 8-11 x 4.5-5.5 μm and are almond shaped. The spore print is brown. The basidia have 4 spores each and are 26-33 x 8-10 μm. There are numerous pleurocystidia which measure 50-80 x 8-14 μm with 2 μm thick pale walls. They are variable in shape, ranging from spindle-shaped to utriform. The cheilocystidia are similar but less numerous. There are also numerous paracystidia which measure 7-10 x 5-7 μm, are club-shaped and have colorless, thin walls. Caulocystidia are absent. Clamp connections are present in all tissues.[3]
It is an ectomycorrhizal species, growing in association with a wide range of different tree species depending on the location, including conifer species in California, aspens in Montana and hardwood species in Europe.[3][4] In Europe it mostly occurs on calcareous soils in deciduous woodland and scrub areas, often with species of Fagus and Corylus. [5]
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References[edit]
- ^ Lange JE. (1917). "Studies in the Agarics of Denmark. Part III. Pluteus, Collybia, Inocybe". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 2 (7): 1–50 (see p. 33).
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ a b c "E-Flora BC Atlas Page". linnet.geog.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ Stevens, Michael Wood & Fred. "California Fungi: Inocybe griseolilacina". www.mykoweb.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ Laessoe, Thomas; Petersen, Jens H. (2019). Fungi of Temperate Europe. Princeton University Press. p. 671. ISBN 9780691180373.
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