Inocybe fraudans

Inocybe fraudans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Inocybaceae
Genus: Inocybe
Species:
I. fraudans
Binomial name
Inocybe fraudans
(Britzelm.) Sacc. (1887)
Synonyms[2]
  • Agaricus fraudans Britzelm. (1882)
  • Inocybe corydalina var. albidopallens J.E.Lange (1940)
  • Inocybe fraudans var. capitatocystidiosa A.Ortega & Esteve-Rav. (1989)[1]
  • Inocybe fraudans var. chamaesalicis Bon ex Jacobsson (2008)

Inocybe fraudans, commonly known as the pear fibrecap,[3] is an agaric fungus in the family Inocybaceae. It has a yellowish-brown fibrillose cap and stipe that develops reddish tints with age. The flesh has a characteristic odor, similar to jasmin or ripe pears, although the mushroom—like many in the genus Inocybe—is suspected to be toxic.[4] It is found in Europe and North America, where it grows in woodlands. Fruitbodies produce an walnut-brown spore print, and have smooth, almond-shaped spores measuring 8–11.5 by 5–7 μm.[3] Many authors have erroneously referred this species to Inocybe pyriodora.[2]

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