Inocybe mutata (Peck) Massee 1904

Inocybe mutata (Peck) Massee, Ann. Bot. 18: 496. 1904
Agaricus {Hebeloma) mutatus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 24: 69. 1872. Hebeloma mutatum Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 797. 1887-.
Pileus thin, conic at first, then campanulate to expanded-umbonate, 1.5-2,5 cm. broad; surface dry, squarrose-scaly to fibrillose-scaly, at length often denuded, dark-brown to woodbrown; lamellae emargmate-adnexed, broad, at first rounded behind, close, whitish then palebrown to darker; stipe slender, equal, solid, floccose-scaly, sometimes subsquarrose, often curved at the base, concolorous, 5-8 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick; spores subreniform, oblong, obtuse at both ends, smooth, 9-10 (-12) X 5-6 ju; cystidia none; sterile cells clavate-saccate, on the edges of the lamellae.
Type locality: Catskill Mountains, New York. Habitat: On damp ground in coniferous or mixed woods. Distribution: New England to North Carolina.