Inosperma erubescens (formerly Inocybe erubescens, also formerly named I. patouillardii), and also commonly known as the deadly fibrecap, brick-red tear mushroom or red-staining Inocybe, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the original genus Inocybe and one of the few known to have caused death. It is found growing in small groups on leaf litter in association with beech. All mushroom guidebooks as well as mushroom hunters advise that the entire Inocybaceae should be avoided for consumption.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Inocybe godeyi — considered toxic
- Inocybe fraudans — considered toxic
- Inocybe dulciolens — toxic
- Inocybe corydalina — toxic
- Inosperma maculatum — considered toxic
- Inosperma adaequatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Inocybaceae
- Genus
- Inosperma
- Species
- Inosperma erubescens
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