Cortinarius pseudotubarius Robar, Grund, & Harrison subgenus Dermocybe Cap 1.5-4cm across, broadly conical or convex, with a low, broad umbo; brownish or reddish ochre, or deep golden; appressed fibrillose. Gills adnexed; rich, deep yellow. Stem 40-90x3-8mm, tall, equal or swollen toward the base; ochre or reddish ochre, especially near the base, which has a layer of red-brown fibrils. Flesh pallid ochre, becoming darker, more red-brown in age, especially near the stem base. Odor not distinctive. Taste a touch radishy. Spores ellipsoid, warty, 7.5-9 x 4.9-6µ, quotient 1.5. Deposit rusty brown. Habitat in sphagnum bogs or with other mosses in conifer or mixed woodlands. Found in New York, Nova Scotia, and probably other northern areas. Season August-October. Not edible. Comment The spores are smaller than those of Cortinarius tubarius (above), which it closely resembles.