The Sweet-Smelling Inocybe is a mycorrhizal mushroom that can be found from summer through fall. It is distributed east of the Rocky Mountains and generally associates with deciduous trees in soils that are high in calcium carbonate. Occasionally fruiting in large numbers.

The species name dulciolens means "sweet-smelling" representing its sweet and spicy smell.

August 17th, 2023 Field Notes - Indian Cave State Park

Growing on a ridgetop in mixed oak/hickory woodland.

Nearby trees: Chikapin oak, northern red oak, shagbark hickory, elm, black oak, red mulberry, ironwood.

• Squamuals on cap surface.
• Smell: fragrant and pleasant (somewhat reminiscent of electrical burn smell or Big Red Gum)
• Taste: faint to not distinctive
• Gills attached.