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Cortinarius armillatus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Cortinaire à collier, Cortinaire voilé, Geschmückter Gürtelfuss, Red Banded Webcap, Vörösövû pókhálósgomba
Cortinarius armilatus Mushroom
Ref No: 6736
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Cortinarius armillatus2 Mushroom
Ref No: 6737
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Cortinarius armillatus 4 Mushroom
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Other
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows in woods

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.

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