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| synonyms: Goliath Webcap |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Brown |
| normal size: over 15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Bulbous base of stem |
| spore colour: Rusty brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Cortinarius praestans Goliath Webcap. (Cordier) Gill. (Phlegmacium) Cortinaire remarquable Cap 8-20cm across sticky to slimy, convex to semi-spherical chestnut-brown or foxy coloured sometimes more violaceous tints, margin inrolled with white patches often wrinkled. Stem 20–50´8–15mm, base swollen to bulbous, white with violaceous tints. Flesh white to pallid. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills whitish or pallid grey-violaceous, finally clay-brown. Spore print rust. Spores elliptic, 12-16 ´ 8–9m. Habitat deciduous and coniferous woods, on chalk. Season autumn. Rare. Said to be edible –but I would avoid it, many Cortinarius contain toxins. Found In Europe. |
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