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

synonyms: Északi pókhálósgomba
Cortinarius mucifluus Mushroom
Ref No: 6909
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cortinarius mucifluus Fr. subgenus Myxacium Északi pókhálósgomba. Cap 3-8cm across, convex then expanding to plane; straw yellowish at first, then tawny fibrous or olive-brown; glutinous. Gills adnexed, equal; pallid buff then rusty. Stem 60-110 x 7-12mm, equal; white; covered in glutinous veil which sometimes dries up into bands. Flesh pallid to creamy. Odor slight. Taste mild. Spores lemon-shaped, warty, 12.5-17 x 6.5-8µ, quotient 2.05. Deposit rusty brown. No clamps; no cheilocystidia. Habitat in swampy, wet areas in conifer woods. Occasional. Found in northern North America and Europe. Season September-October. Not edible.

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