Inocybe bongardii (Weinm.) Quél.
(Fruity Fibrecap)

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Inocybe bongardii var bongardii
Fruity Fibrecap
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesInocybe bongardii (Fruity Fibrecap)
SubgenusInocybe (Inocybium) (smooth-spored Inocybe toadstools)
GenusInocybe (fibrecap toadstools)
FamilyINOCYBACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Inocybe bongardii (Fruity Fibrecap) :
1: Inocybe bongardii (Fruity Fibrecap)
28 Sep 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on ground under large willows
Image 1: CapImage 2: Fruitbody - showing gillsImage 3: Fruitbody - side viewImage 4: Fruitbody - TSImage 5: Fruitbody - undersideImage 6: GillsImage 7: BasidiosporesImage 8: Basidiospores (2)Image 9: Gill edge with clavate cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 10: Gill edge with clavate cheilocystidia - magnified (2)

Inocybe bongardii (Fruity Fibrecap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Inocybe bongardii (Fruity Fibrecap)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Inocybe bongardii (Fruity Fibrecap)

A medium-sized toadstool with a yellow stem and a fibrous cap which is pale cinnamon at first but blushes pink when bruised and with age. It has a strong fruity smell when fresh and grows on the ground in deciduous forests.

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