Inocybe geophylla. Poisonous. See Pg. 225 “Mushrooms of Ontario”.
Cap conical to bell shaped becoming flat. Up ro 0.002 cm wide, white , also lilac coloured , brownish brick red or yellow. Flesh is white, Gills are attached, first white, later earth coloured. Stem up to 0.05 cm tall, white, dusty . Late summer to fall in woods .
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Rooted boletus, Root boletus. Boletus radicans. Pers. Inedible.
Taste : unpleasantly bitter. Cap: rounded, thick, dry, thinning towards the outer edge, rolled inwards ; olive gray, brown or pale yellow up to 0.007 wide. Tubes lemon yellow with yellow/green edges. Sem yellow often with reddish dots near the bottom, near the ground spreading root like, hairy, lemon yellow. Flesh is whitish, soft, when broken it quickly turns dark blue. Fall, in beech and oak woods.
