25/Aug/24, 5:07 PM
Nedrema looduskaitseala, Pärnumaa, Estonia
Wooded meadow, aspen-oak-birch trees, in decaying foliage
58°32'21.0"N 24°04'13.4"E
🔆 Sunny weather, partial overcast, semi-shade
Original Instagram postCortinarius infractus
bitter webcap
- Scientific identification
- Cortinarius infractus (Pers.) Fr.
- Family
- Cortinariaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Cortinarius
Names across languages
- English: bitter webcap
- German: Bitterer Schleimkopf
- Finnish: Sappiseitikki
- Estonian: Mõru vöödik
- Russian: Паутинник надломленный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-25.
Hymenium
Gills, initially pale gray to olive-brown, becoming dark brown as the spores mature
Cap
Convex to plano-convex, with a slight central depression when mature, surface is dry, matte, and finely fibrillose to somewhat scaly, with a color ranging from dark olive-brown to almost blackish, margin is usually inrolled when young, later becoming wavy or irregular
Hymenium Attachment
Adnate to slightly decurrent
Stipe
5–10 cm long and 1–2.5 cm thick, cylindrical or slightly tapering toward the base, with a dry, fibrillose surface, base of the stipe may be slightly bulbous
Spore print
Spore print brown
Ecology
Mycorrhizal primarily with deciduous trees beech, oak, found in mixed forests on well-drained soils, from late summer to autumn
Edibility
Inedible, has a very bitter taste
Fruit body
Fruit body up to 15 cm tall
Dimensions
Cap 4–10 cm in diameter
Odour
Odour mild to somewhat earthy
Microscopy
Spores ellipsoid, 8–10 x 5–6 µm, finely warted, with a distinct plage, basidia 4-spored
Overview
Medium-sized mushroom characterized by its dark olive-brown cap
1838). Epicr. Syst. Mycol. (Upsaliae): 261 (’1836-1838′).
Field encounters
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