Cortinarius rubicundulus (Rea) Pearson syn. Cortinarius pseudobolaris Maire sensu Smith subgenus Leprocybe Cap 4-9cm across, convex becoming flat; pallid whitish ochre at first, soon becoming dull orange-yellow; bruising bright chrome yellow then reddish; greasy to the touch when wet, on first sight you might consider it one of the dryish members of subgenus Phlegmacium; lightly fibrillose. Gills adnexed; pallid brown then rusty, bruising chrome yellow. Stem 40-80 x 8-14mm, base swollen, sometimes fused into small clumps (caespitose); pallid whitish, bruising yellow then turning more orange. Flesh white, discoloring chrome yellow, especially in the stem base. Odor slight, pleasant. Taste slight. Spores ellipsoid, rough, 6.1-7.3 x 4.2-4.6µ, quotient 1.5. Deposit rusty brown. Habitat in coniferous and mixed woods. Occasional. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season September-November. Not edible. Comment Moser has synonymized the two species C. rubicundulus and C. pseudobolaris, However, my specimens do fit the Smith description of Cortinarius pseudobolaris and they were collected in the same area as Smith's specimens. my specimens do not have the yellow veil that Moser describes. There is therefore some doubt as to whether these two species should be synonymized.