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Straw fibrecap
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Mushrooms & bracket fungi

Straw fibrecap

Inosperma cookei (Bres.) Matheny & Esteve-Rav.

Names

EnglishStraw fibrecap
DutchGladde knolvezelkop
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongopopolipo (general name for the group)
Scientific nameInosperma cookei (Bres.) Matheny & Esteve-Rav.

About this species

Inosperma cookei, commonly known as the straw fibrecap, is a species of mushroom in the family Inocybaceae. It was first described in 1892 by Giacomo Bresadola, and is named in honour of Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. The species is found in Europe, Asia, and North America. It produces small mushrooms of an ochre colour, with a prominent umbo, fibres on the cap and a distinctive bulb at the base of the stem. It grows from soil in mixed woodland, and is encountered in summer and autumn, though is not common. Ecologically, it feeds through use of ectomycorrhiza. Inosperma cookei has been described as both toxic and non-toxic, but either way, is not advised for consumption.

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Classification

KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyInocybaceae
GenusInosperma

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
2021First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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