Cortinarius (Cortinarius) bolaris (Pers. ex Fr.) Fr. Rotschuppiger Dickfuss Cortinaire teint en rouge Dappled Webcap Cap 3–5cm across, convex, covered in tiny adpressed pinkish to brick-red scales on a paler white, yellowish or reddish ground. Stem 25–40 x 12–20mm, whitish at the apex, covered in tiny fibrous reddish scales below, and bruising reddish or red-brown like cap; arising from orange-red mycelium. Flesh white in cap, ochraceous or yellowish in stem, becoming sulphur-yellow especially in stem base when cut, finally deep red or red-brown. Smell none or faint and pleasant. Gills pale yellowish-cream, later pallid cinnamon. Spore print rusty cinnamon. Spores broadly ovate to subglobose, punctate rough, 6–7.5 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat deciduous woods, especially beech. Season late summer to late autumn. Uncommon. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.