Inocybe tricolor

Inocybe tricolor is a rare member of the genus Inocybe that is widely distributed in temperate forests. It is a small mycorrhizal mushroom that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. Inocybe tricolor is found under Norway spruce in central Europe.

Inocybe tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Inocybaceae
Genus:	Inocybe
Species:	I. tricolor
Binomial name
Inocybe tricolor Kühner (1955)[1]
Synonyms
Inocybe corydalina var. tricolor (Kühner) Krieglst. (1991)

Inocybe tricolor Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is flat or umbonate
	Hymenium is adnate
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is tan to yellow
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is psychoactive

Description

• Cap: Brick red to chocolate brown, lighter towards the margin, convex to umbonate, with a fibrillose to squamulose cap. Usually less than 4 cm across and has incurved margin until very mature.
• Gills: adnate and very numerous, pale cream brown to yellowish tan.
• Spores: Smooth and ellipsoid to oval, measuring 7.5 x 4.5 micrometres, ochre to tan brown.
• Stipe: 2.5–6 cm long, 4 to 6 mm thick, and is equal width for the whole length, sometimes with some swelling at the base.

See also

• List of Inocybe species