Inosperma erubescens
| Red-staining Inocybe | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Inocybaceae |
| Genus: | Inosperma |
| Species: | I. erubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Inosperma erubescens (A.Blytt) Matheny & Esteve-Rav. (1905) | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Inosperma erubescens Mycological characteristics | |
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| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is campanulate or conical | |
| Hymenium is adnate | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is brown | |
| Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
| Edibility is poisonous or deadly | |
Inocybe erubescens, also known as I. patouillardii, commonly known as the deadly fibrecap, brick-red tear mushroom or red-staining Inocybe, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Inocybe and one of the few known to have caused death. It is found growing in small groups on leaf litters in association with beech. All mushroom guidebooks as well as mushroom hunters advise that the entire Inocybaceae should be avoided for consumption. The fruit bodies (i.e., the mushrooms) appear in spring and summer; the bell-shaped caps are generally pale pinkish in colour with red stains, with a reddish-pink stipe and gills.
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