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Inocybe tricolor

Inocybe tricolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Inocybaceae
Genus:	Inocybe
Species:	I. tricolor
Binomial name
Inocybe tricolor Kühner (1955)[1]
Synonyms
Inocybe corydalina var. tricolor (Kühner) Krieglst. (1991)

Inocybe tricolor Mycological characteristics
	Gillsonhymenium
	Capisflatorumbonate
	Hymeniumisadnate
	Stipeisbare
	Spore printistantoyellow
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is psychoactive

Inocybe tricolor is a rare member of the genus Inocybe that is widely distributed in temperate forests. It is a small mycorrhizal mushroom that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. Inocybe tricolor is found under Norway spruce in central Europe.

Description[edit]

• Cap: Brick red to chocolate brown, lighter towards the margin, convextoumbonate, with a fibrillosetosquamulose cap. Usually less than 4 cm across and has incurved margin until very mature.
• Gills: adnate and very numerous, pale cream brown to yellowish tan.
• Spores: Smooth and ellipsoid to oval, measuring 7.5 x 4.5 micrometres, ochre to tan brown.
• Stipe: 2.5–6 cm long, 4 to 6 mm thick, and is equal width for the whole length, sometimes with some swelling at the base.

See also[edit]

• List of Inocybe species

References[edit]

• Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0-9610798-0-0.

External links[edit]

• Inocybe tricolor picture
• Inocybe tricolor picture