Cortinarius (Telamonia) armillatus (Fr.) Fr. Geschmückter Gürtelfuss Vörösövû pókhálósgomba Cortinaire voilé, Cortinaire à collier Red Banded Webcap Cap 4–12cm across, hemispherical to bell-shaped then expanded and often upturned at the margin with age, rusty brown often darken at the centre, disrupting into fibrous scales with age. Stem 60–150 x 10–30mm, swollen at the base, remains of veil forming one or two orange-red belts; cortina reddish-white. Flesh pallid, darker in the stem. Taste bitter, smell faintly of radish. Gills pallid cinnamon at first then dark rust. Spore print rust. Spores broadly elliptic to almond-shaped, 7–12 x (5)6–7µ. Habitat woods and heather, usually with birch. Season autumn. Occasional. Edibility said to be edible, but I advise not eating as all Cortinarius contain toxins. Distribution, America and Europe. |