Psilocybin-containingInocybaceaeEuropeNorth America
Inocybe corydalina
Greenflush fibrecap
Woodland fibrecap with a green-tinged umbo; one of very few psilocybin-containing Inocybe, and the genus is otherwise deadly.
Regional status: Native to European and North American woodland
- Cap
- Conical to umbonate, 30–70 mm, pale buff with a green-tinged centre, fibrillose.
- Gills
- Adnexed, pale then clay-brown.
- Stem
- 40–80 mm, whitish, fibrillose, bulbous base.
- Flesh
- Whitish.
- Spore print
- Dull clay-brown
- Habitat
- Deciduous woodland soil, often under beech and oak.
- Distribution
- Europe and North America.
- Season
- Summer – autumn
- Bruising
- No blue reaction.
- Odour
- Strongly aromatic, like hyacinth
- Potency
- Weak
Key features
- ▪Green tint on the cap centre
- ▪Strong hyacinth-like smell
- ▪Radially fibrillose cap
Field tests
- Clay-brown spore print
- Note the aromatic smell, unlike most fibrecaps
Edibility
Weakly psilocybin-containing; the genus contains lethal muscarine species.
Warning
Most Inocybe species are dangerously muscarine-toxic and can be fatal. Treat the whole genus as unsafe.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.