Inocybe whitei, also known as Inocybe pudica and commonly known as the blushing inocybe,[2] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.
Taxonomy
The species was originally defined as Agaricus whitei by Berkeley and Broome in 1876[3] and transferred to the genus Inocybe by 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 mushroom cap is 2–4 cm wide, conical then convex to flat with an umbo. It has an unpleasant odor. The stalk is 2–6 cm tall and .5–1 cm wide. The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth.[7]
^Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 460. ISBN978-0-89815-169-5.
^Kühner R. (1947). "Quelques agarics rares, critiques, ou nouveaux de la région de Besancon". Annales Scientifiques de la Franche-Comté (in French). 2: 26–42.
^Knudsen, H.; Vesterholt, J., eds. (2018). Funga Nordica Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gasteroid genera. Copenhagen: Nordsvamp. p. 1011. ISBN978-87-983961-3-0.
^"Inocybe whitei page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
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