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Inocybe erubescens A. Blytt, 1905 (Deadly Fibrecap, Red-staining Inocybe)

Notes (MWS) A medium-sized toadstool which is white or brownish at first but turns pink or red when bruised and with age. It also a has a strong fruity smell. It grows in broadleaved woods on calcareous soils.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos #microphotos
Inocybe erubescens Fruitbody 9 June 1999 Oxon England 24 5

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Henrici, A., 2004 (Colour photograph) Notes and Records (July 2004)

General Works

Henrici, A., 2000 (unusually abundant in Berkshire in 1999) Notes and Records (July 2000)

Inocybe erubescens may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
CORTINARIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Inocybe
(fibrecap toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Inocybe erubescens is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Corylus - hazels (Betulaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Tilia - limes (Tiliaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Hobart, C. & Tortelli, M., 2007
Photos fruitbody Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Inocybe erubescens:

Inocybe erubescens may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Inocybe
(fibrecap toadstools)

References

Hobart, C. & Tortelli, M., 2007 Notes on a Lime avenue
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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