''Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina'', commonly known as the greenflush fibrecap, is a member of the
genus ''Inocybe'' which is widely distributed in temperate forests. It is a small
mycorrhizal
A mycorrhiza (from Greek μύκης ', "fungus", and ῥίζα ', "root"; pl. mycorrhizae, mycorrhiza or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the plan ...
mushroom which contains a small amount of the hallucinogen
psilocybin.
Description
*Cap: 3.5–5 cm diameter, buff to brown, often with greenish tones,
conic to
convex or plane in age, with or without an umbo, with appressed
fibrillose squamules on the cap which are more frequent towards the center, and an incurved margin. The center of the cap is darker brown to greenish, sometimes black and the flesh is white.
*Gills:
adnate
Adnate may refer to:
* Adnation, in botany, the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower
* Adnate, in mycology, a classification of lamellae (gills)
* Conjoined twins
Conjoined twins – sometimes popularly referred to as Siamese twins – are ...
and very numerous, pale cream brown to grayish buff.
*Spores: Smooth and lemon shaped, measuring 8 x 5.5 micrometres, dull brown, often with a bluish-grayish stem base.
*Stipe: 2.5–10 cm long, 4 to 6 mm thick, and is equal width for the whole length, sometimes with some swelling at the base. The upper part of the stem is smooth and the lower part is fibrillose. Has a cortinate partial veil which soon disappears.
*Taste:
*Odor: Aromatic.
*Microscopic features: Pleurocystidia 33-70 by 9-21 micrometers, clavate cylindrical. Cheilocystidia are not common and look like pleurocystidia.
Distribution and habitat
''Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina'' is widespread across Europe and the British Isles. It usually fruits in the fall under deciduous trees but can also be found under conifers.
Edibility
Gurevich and Nezoiminogo reported that this mushroom contains the mycotoxin
muscarine but no psilocybin; other researchers have been unable to confirm this result. Chemical analysis by Stijve and Kuyper shows that it contains 0.032% psilocybin, a very low concentration.
See also
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List of Inocybe species
''Inocybe'' is a large genus of mushroom-producing fungi in the order Agaricales. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. , Index Fungorum accepts 848 species in ''Inocybe''. As of 2023, it is estimated that there are 1050 spec ...
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List of Psilocybin mushrooms
Psilocybin mushrooms are mushrooms which contain the hallucinogenic substances psilocybin, psilocin, baeocystin and norbaeocystin. The mushrooms are collected and grown as an entheogen and recreational drug, despite being illegal in many count ...
References
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External links
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Psychoactive fungi
Psychedelic tryptamine carriers
corydalina var. corydalina, Inocybe
Fungi of Europe
Fungi of North America
Taxa named by Lucien Quélet