Inocybe citrifolia Matheny nom. prov.

Photo: Part of the type collection (mgw-521)

Common Name: none

• Pileus

  Cap 2-4 cm broad; brownish yellow to brownish orange, the disk darker and the margin paler; umbonate, becoming ± plane at maturity; distinctly radially fibrillose; oder spermatic; taste mild to slightly bitter or spermatic.

• Lamellae

  Gills yellowish, becoming darker from spores with age; with multiple series of lamellulae.

• Stipe

  Stem yellowish, 3-7 mm broad x 45-70 mm long; equal or enlarged towards base which is typically sub-bulbous to bulbous; longitudinally striate and minutely hairy.

• Spores

  Spores 11.4 x 5.3-5.7 µm, smooth, brown in KOH.

• Habitat

  Scattered, to gregarious under tanbark oak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) with Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) nearby; January.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  This distinctively colored Inocybe is known only from the type locality in San Mateo County.

• References

  Nishida, F.H. (1987). The Genus Inocybe in Southern California (Agaricales, Basidiomycetes). Masters Thesis. California State University, Los Angeles: Los Angeles, CA. 315 p.
  Nishida, F.H. (1988). New species of Inocybe from Southern California. Mycotaxon 33: 213-222.
  Nishida, F.H. (1989). Key to the Species of Inocybe in California. Mycotaxon 34(1): 181-196.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Michael Wood: Inocybe citrifolia (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Inocybe citrifolia (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Inocybe citrifolia (CP)
  • Michael Wood: Inocybe citrifolia (CP)
  • Boleslaw Kuznik: Inocybe citrifolia (CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)