Inocybe whitei
Species of fungus
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Inocybe whitei, also known as Inocybe pudica and commonly known as the blushing inocybe,[2] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Inocybaceae.
| Inocybe whitei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Inocybaceae |
| Genus: | Inocybe |
| Species: | I. whitei |
| Binomial name | |
| Inocybe whitei | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Inocybe whitei | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is campanulate or conical |
 | Hymenium is adnate or sinuate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is poisonous |
Taxonomy
The species was originally defined as Agaricus whitei by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome in 1876[3] and transferred to the genus Inocybe by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1887. The species was also described independently as Inocybe pudica by Robert Kühner in 1947.[4] Nowadays the two names are considered synonyms, with Berkeley and Broome's name taking precedence.[5][6]
The epithet whitei was given in honour of Dr. Buchanan White, a naturalist of Perthshire.[3]
Description
The mushroom is initially white then develops reddish stains. The cap is 2–8 centimetres (1–3 in) wide and conical, then convex to flat with an umbo.[2] The gills vary in attachment and are pallid at first, but darken with maturity.[2] The spore print is brown.[2]
The stalk is 4–8 cm long and 0.5–1 cm thick.[2] The flesh has an unpleasant or spermatic odor.[2] The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth.[7]
Similar species
Similar species include Inocybe adaequata, I. fraudans, and Hygrophorus russula.[7]
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