Inocybe assimilata (Britzelm.) Sacc. syn. I. umbrina Bres. (illustrated 55% life size) Cap 1.5โ4cm across, bell-shaped with prominent umbo; umber or chestnut-brown, initially covered by a greyish veil. Stem 30โ50ร3โ5mm; whitish at apex and bulb, concolorous with cap below. Flesh whitish, turning brown in stem; taste mild, smell not distinctive. Gills adnate; pale clay. Spores 7โ8ร5โ6ยผ, oblong, with slight protuberances. Spore print walnut-brown. Cystidia thick-walled, fusoid, with apical encrustation. Habitat in coniferous and deciduous woods. Occasional. Not edible. Note I have adopted the older name.
