Inocybe geophylla
species of fungus
Inocybe geophylla, commonly known as the little white inocybe, white fiberhead, earthy inocybe, common white inocybe or white fibercap, is a species of fungi in the genus Inocybe. It has a common lilac-coloured variety, lilacina.
Inocybe geophylla forms a small white to cream mushroom with a fibrous silky umbonate cap and adnexed gills. It is widespread in Europe and North America, appearing under conifer and deciduous trees in summer and autumn. The mushroom is poisonous.
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1799 as Agaricus geophyllus by English naturalist James Sowerby in his work Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon spelt it Agaricus geophilus in his 1801 work Synopsis methodica fungorum. Its specific epithet is derived from the Ancient Greek terms geo- "earth", and phyllon "leaf". It was given its current binomial name in 1871 by Paul Kummer.
A lilac form is known as var.
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