Inocybe godeyi information

Inocybe godeyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Inocybaceae
Genus:	Inocybe
Species:	I. godeyi
Binomial name
Inocybe godeyi Gillet 1874
Synonyms[1]
Inocybe rubescens Gillet 1883 Agaricus trinii var. rubescens (Gillet) Pat. 1884 Inocybe godeyi var. rufescens Cooke 1909 Inocybe boltonii R.Heim 1931 Inocybe boltoni R.Heim 1931 Inocybe rickenii R.Heim 1931 Astrosporina boltonii (R.Heim) A.Pearson 1943

Inocybe godeyi is a species of Inocybaceae fungus found in Europe. The species produces mushrooms with cone-shaped caps up to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter. The caps are cream, becoming browner, but they bruise red. The stem is up to 6 cm (2 in) long, and has a "bulb" at the base. The white flesh has a strong smell and an acrid taste. The mushrooms can be found on forest floors in autumn months; the species forms an ectomycorrhizal relationship to surrounding trees, favouring beech. I. godeyi is known to be poisonous, containing muscarine compounds, and consumption of the mushrooms can lead to SLUDGE syndrome. The species is sometimes mistaken for the deadly I. erubescens.

First described by Claude Casimir Gillet, the species retains the name which it was first given, but has a number of taxonomic synonyms. Its specific name honours Louis-Luc Godey. Within the genus Inocybe, it has been classified in a number of ways, but appears to form part of a clade (that is, a group sharing a common ancestor) with species including I. abietis, I. corydalina, I. agglutinata and I. pudica.