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

synonyms: Honig-Schleimkopf
Cortinarius melliolens Mushroom
Ref No: 6908
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location: Europe
fungus colour: Yellow, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Bulbous base of stem
spore colour: Rusty brown

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.

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