Inocybe stellatospora

Species with a pileus up to 6 cm in diameter, brownish, covered with fibrils that become erect scales towards the centre.

Occurs in both coniferous and broadleaf forests, usually in moist, mossy habitats.

Can be confused with species such as Inocybe lanuginosa, which possesses different cystidia, or Inocybe leptophylla, which lacks pleurocystidia.

Specimens found in Gorbeia Natural Park, Zeanuri (Bizkaia), in October, fruiting in a mossy area within a Norway spruce plantation (Picea abies).