Inocybe whitei

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| genus = Inocybe

| species = whitei

| authority = (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. (1887)

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Agaricus geophilus var. lateritius Berk. & Broome (1870)
Agaricus whitei Berk. & Broome (1876)
Agaricus flavidolilacinus Britzelm. (1891)
Inocybe geophylla f. perplexa Kauffman (1925)
Inocybe armeniaca Huijsman (1974)
Inocybe pudica Kühner (1947)

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Inocybe whitei, also known as Inocybe pudica and commonly known as the blushing inocybe,{{Cite book |last=Arora |first=David |title=Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi |date=1986 |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=978-0-89815-169-5 |edition=Second |location=Berkeley |page=460}} is a species of agaric fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.

Taxonomy

The species was originally defined as Agaricus whitei by Berkeley and Broome in 1876 and transferred to the genus Inocybe by Saccardo in 1887. The species was also described independently as Inocybe pudica by Robert Kühner in 1947. Nowadays the two names are considered synonyms, with Berkeley and Broome's name taking precedence.

The epithet whitei was given in honour of Dr. Buchanan White, a naturalist of Perthshire.

Description

The mushroom cap is 2–4 cm wide, conical then convex to flat with an umbo. It has an unpleasant odor. The stalk is 2–6 cm tall and .5–1 cm wide. The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth.{{Cite book|last=Davis|first=R. Michael|title=Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America|last2=Sommer|first2=Robert|last3=Menge|first3=John A.|publisher=University of California Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-520-95360-4|location=Berkeley|pages=243–244|oclc=797915861}}

It is considered poisonous as it contains muscarine.

=Similar species=

Similar species include Inocybe adaequata, Inocybe fraudans, and Hygrophorus russula.

References

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{{cite journal |first1=Miles |last1=Berkeley |first2=Christopher |last2=Broome |year=1876 |title=XVII.—Notices of British Fungi.

|journal=Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. |volume=17 |issue=4 |page=131 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63494#page/155/mode/1up |access-date=2018-07-05 }}

{{cite book |editor-first1=H. |editor-last1=Knudsen |editor-first2=J. |editor-last2=Vesterholt |title=Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gasteroid genera |publisher=Nordsvamp |location=Copenhagen |year=2018 |page=1011 |isbn=978-87-983961-3-0 }}

{{cite journal |author=Kühner R. |title=Quelques agarics rares, critiques, ou nouveaux de la région de Besancon |journal=Annales Scientifiques de la Franche-Comté |year=1947 |volume=2 |pages=26–42 |language=French}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=163193 |title=Inocybe whitei page |work=Species Fungorum |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |access-date=2018-07-05}}

{{cite web |title=Inocybe pudica Kühner :26, 1947 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=173634&Fields=All |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |access-date=2013-10-02}}

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| hymeniumType = gills

| capShape = campanulate

| capShape2 = conical

| whichGills = adnate

| whichGills2 = sinuate

| stipeCharacter = bare

| sporePrintColor = brown

| ecologicalType = mycorrhizal

| howEdible = poisonous

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