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

synonyms: Blaublättriger Schleimfuss, Cortinaire glutineus, Yellow Webcap
Cortinarius delibutus Mushroom
Ref No: 6776
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Cortinarius delibutus 2 Mushroom
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cortinarius (Myxacium) delibutus Fr. Blaublättriger Schleimfuss Cortinaire glutineus Yellow Webcap Cap 3–9cm across, convex then expanded and sometimes slightly umbonate, yellow with brighter centre or even tinged tawny-buff, very viscid. Stem 50–100 x 7–15mm, slightly swollen at base, white tinged yellow by the viscid veil from base up to cortinal zone, apex pale lilac, base covered in white down. Flesh whitish in stem, yellowish in cap, tinged violaceous throughout in young specimens and often persisting at stem apex. Taste mild, often with a bitter aftertaste, smell faintly of radish. Gills violaceous at first soon yellowish to clay or cinnamon. Spore print rust. Spores broadly ovate to subglobose, roughened, 7–8.5´6.5–7.5m. Habitat deciduous woods, usually with beech or birch. Season autumn. Occasional. Edibility unknown –avoid, many Cortinarius contain toxins. Found In Europe.

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