Inocybe tricolor

Updated on Dec 16, 2023

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Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Inocybaceae Scientific name Inocybe tricolor		Division Basidiomycota Order Agaricales Genus Inocybe Rank Species
Similar Gymnopilus validipes, Panaeolus africanus, Gymnopilus viridans, Psilocybe graveolens, Psilocybe plutonia

Inocybe tricolor is a rare member of the genus Inocybe that is widely distributed in temperate forests. It is a small mycorrhizal mushroom that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. Inocybe tricolor is found under Norway spruce in central Europe.

Description

Cap: Brick red to chocolate brown, lighter towards the margin, convex to umbonate, with a fibrillose to squamulose cap. Usually less than 4 cm across and has incurved margin until very mature.

Gills: adnate and very numerous, pale cream brown to yellowish tan.

Spores: Smooth and ellipsoid to oval, measuring 7.5 x 4.5 micrometres, ochre to tan brown.

Stipe: 2.5–6 cm long, 4 to 6 mm thick, and is equal width for the whole length, sometimes with some swelling at the base.

References

Inocybe tricolor Wikipedia

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