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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: Rusty brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Cortinarius fulvescens Fr. sensu Favre subgenus Telamonia Cap 1-3cm across, conical with a pointed umbo; hygrophanous, coppery red-brown when wet, drying ochre; smooth, striate near the margin. Gills adnexed; creamy buff then yellowy brown. Stem 30-90 x 2-5mm, very long and thin, equal; off-white; longitudinally fibrous; copious cortina. Flesh pallid, brownish. Odor distinct. possibly a touch of iodine. Taste slight. Spores ellipsoid, rough, 8.5-11 x 4.5-6.5µ, quotient 1.75. Deposit rusty brown. Habitat in mossy coniferous (fir) woods at high elevations. Rare. Found in Washington USA. Season October. Not edible. Comment A European species of alpine regions. The second photograph was taken by Geoffry Kibby. |
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 06 November 2010
Gdansk Oliwa.Poland
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