Cortinarius praestans Goliath Webcap. (Cordier) Gill. (Phlegmacium) Cortinaire remarquable Cap 8-20cm across sticky to slimy, convex to semi-spherical chestnut-brown or foxy coloured sometimes more violaceous tints, margin inrolled with white patches often wrinkled. Stem 20–50´8–15mm, base swollen to bulbous, white with violaceous tints. Flesh white to pallid. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills whitish or pallid grey-violaceous, finally clay-brown. Spore print rust. Spores elliptic, 12-16 ´ 8–9m. Habitat deciduous and coniferous woods, on chalk. Season autumn. Rare. Said to be edible –but I would avoid it, many Cortinarius contain toxins. Found In Europe.