White Fibrecap
Inocybe geophylla P.Kumm.
Safety first
This mushroom is listed as poisonous. Eating it can make you seriously ill.
Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.
Edibility
Poisonous Source: Wikipedia: Inocybe geophylla
Classification from Wikipedia: Inocybe geophylla. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.
Photos
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Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 52 |
| February | 41 |
| March | 25 |
| April | 13 |
| May | 35 |
| June | 57 |
| July | 648 |
| August | 781 |
| September | 475 |
| October | 409 |
| November | 120 |
| December | 40 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- British Columbia 140 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 134 records · Foraging rules
- California 131 records · Foraging rules
- New York 94 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 73 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 65 records · Foraging rules
- Wyoming 65 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 57 records · Foraging rules
- Tennessee 47 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 46 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 42 records · Foraging rules
- Idaho 24 records · Foraging rules
- Minnesota 24 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 21 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 20 records · Foraging rules
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- Pennsylvania20 records
- Alaska17 records
- Indiana14 records
- Montana14 records
- West Virginia12 records
- Vermont11 records
- Wisconsin11 records
- Manitoba10 records
- Ohio9 records
- Massachusetts8 records
- Maryland7 records
- Alberta6 records
- Illinois6 records
- Utah6 records
- New Jersey5 records
- Nova Scotia4 records
- Arizona3 records
- Maine3 records
- New Hampshire3 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador3 records
- Alabama2 records
- Arkansas2 records
- Kentucky2 records
- South Carolina2 records
- Connecticut1 records
- Florida1 records
- Kansas1 records
- Louisiana1 records
- Missouri1 records
- Northwest Territories1 records
Identification traits
| Cap shape | umbonate |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | gills |
| Ecology | mycorrhizal |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | brown |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Inocybe geophylla, commonly known as the little white inocybe, white fiberhead, earthy inocybe, common white inocybe or white fibercap, is a species of fungi in the genus Inocybe. Inocybe geophylla forms a small white to cream mushroom with a fibrous silky umbonate cap and adnexed gills. It is widespread in Europe and North America, appearing under conifer and deciduous trees in summer and autumn. The mushroom is poisonous.
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