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

Cortinarius saturatus Mushroom
Ref No: 7130
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cortinarius saturatus Lange subgenus Telamonia Cap 4-9cm across, hemispherical, then flat with a broad umbo; hygrophanous, reddish brown when wet, ochre when dry; smooth with silky white veil remnants on the margin. Gills adnate; pallid buff then rusty brown. Stem 60-90 x 10-16mm, base sometimes swollen; silky white from veil, showing slightly brown from damp flesh. Flesh white to brownish mottled when wet. Odor slight. Taste mild. Spores subglobose to broadly ovate, rough, 6.5-7.3 x 5.5-6.3µ, quotient 1.25. Deposit rusty brown. Habitat under conifers. Rare. Found in Maine, possibly elsewhere. Season September. Not edible. Comment This is a European species not reported previously in North America. The subglobose spores are most distinctive.

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