Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) melliolens Schaeff. Honig-Schleimkopf Cap 4–10cm across, convex to bell-shaped, bright ochraceous to tawny-buff, covered in white silky fibres when young. Stem 50–80 x 10–15mm, swollen into a more or less marginate bulb, whitish becoming tinged ochraceous to tawny, base covered in white down, cortina white. Flesh whitish, tinged yellowish especially at stem base. Taste mild, smell honey-like. Gills whitish then clay becoming rusty-cinnamon. Spore print rust. Spores elliptic to almond-shaped, almost smooth, 8–9 x 4.5–6µ. Habitat deciduous and coniferous woods. Season late summer to autumn. Rare. Edibility suspect -avoid. Found In Europe. |