Inocybe chelanensis Stuntz
Mycologia 39(1): 26. 1947.

Common Name: none

• Description

  For description see Stuntz & 'California Mushrooms'.

• Habitat

  Solitary to scattered in soil under conifers. Common, fruiting in spring in montane conifer forests in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Inocybe chelanensis is a common member of the spring snowbank mycota. It is recognized by a yellowish brown, fibrillose cap with central white universal veil fragments (velipellis), a stipe with pinkish buff apex and yellowish brown base, thick-walled hymenial cystidia, and long, unusual, bullet-shaped spores. Inocybe sierraensis is similar but with a cap that is whitish with cream areas to light brown, with thin walled cystidia, and without a velipellis.

• References

  Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
  Kropp, B.R. & Matheny, P. .B. (2004). Basidiospore homoplasy and variation in the Inocybe chelanensis group in North America. Mycologia 96: 295-309. (Abstract)
  Stuntz, D. (1947). Studies in the Genus Inocybe. I. New and Noteworthy Species from Washington. Mycologia 39: 21-55. (Protologue)

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Ron Pastorino: Inocybe chelanensis (CP)
  • Ron Pastorino: Inocybe chelanensis (CP) — spores
  • Ron Pastorino: Inocybe chelanensis (CP)
  • Ron Pastorino: Inocybe chelanensis (CP) — spores
  • Mushroom Observer: Inocybe chelanensis (CP)
  • Burke Herbarium Image Collection: Inocybe chelanensis (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)