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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Grey to beige, Orange |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Bulbous base of stem |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Rusty brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Cortinarius multiformis (Fr.) Fr. subgenus Phlegmacium Cap 4-10cm across, convex then expanding to plane; ochraceous buff to ferruginous orange; viscid, white hoary layer when young. Gills adnate; pallid cream at first, then buff, at length rusty. Stem 40-90 x 10-20mm, at first with a marginate bulb, which usually becomes just a swollen clavate bulb as the stem expands; white then ochre. Flesh pallid with touches of ochre. Odor slight, sweetish. Taste mild. Spores ovoid, lightly roughened, 8-10 x 5-6µ, quotient 1.65. Deposit red-brown. Habitat in conifer woods. Occasional. Found in northern North America and down the Rockies and Europe. Season August-October. Not edible. Comment No reaction to KOH. |
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