Inocybe whitei
Inocybe whitei, also known as Inocybe pudica and commonly known as the blushing inocybe, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Inocybaceae.
Taxonomy
The species was originally defined as Agaricus whitei by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher [Edmund Broome] in 1876 and transferred to the genus Inocybe by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1887. The species was also described independently as Inocybe pudica by Robert Kühner in 1947. Nowadays the two names are considered synonyms, with Berkeley and Broome's name taking precedence.The epithet whitei was given in honour of Francis [Buchanan White|Dr. Buchanan White], a naturalist of Perthshire.
Description
The mushroom is initially white then develops reddish stains. The cap is wide and conical, then convex to flat with an umbo. The gills vary in attachment and are pallid at first, but darken with maturity. The spore print is brown.The stalk is 4–8 cm long and 0.5–1 cm thick. The flesh has an unpleasant or spermatic odor. The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth.