Fleshy Fungi of New Brunswick >> Inocybe lanuginosa

Inocybe lanuginosa (Bull.) P. Kumm.

Picture of Inocybe_lanuginosa13-09-08/06 Picture of Inocybe_lanuginosa29-08-85/02

Three collections:

The very short and broad cystidia distinguish I. lanuginosa from other species of the genus having squarrose-scaly caps and nodulose basidiospores. There are four other members of this group, distinguishable by the key provided in the page discussing I. stellatospora.

The composite illustrations above are mainly from a collection made in Newfoundland, definitely outside the scope of our New Brunswick checklist. However, at least two collections are known from New Brunswick, one from Kouchibouguac National Park, and one from Navy Island, Just offshore from St. Andrews. The latter collection has not yet been photographed microscopically and can be shown here only as an image digitized from an old 35 mm slide.

Scan: D. Malloch (13-09-08/06).