19/Aug/24, 3:57 PM
Suurupi looduskaitseala, Harjumaa, Estonia
Mixed forest, under spruce dominant trees, on decaying material
59°27'04.4"N 24°21'23.0"E
🔆 Sunny weather with occasional clouds, bright spot
Original Instagram postCortinarius rubellus
deadly webcap
- Scientific identification
- Cortinarius rubellus Cooke
- Family
- Cortinariaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Cortinarius
Names across languages
- English: deadly webcap
- German: Spitzgebuckelter Raukopf
- Finnish: Suippumyrkkyseitikki
- Estonian: Kühmvöödik
- Russian: Паутинник красивейший
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-19.
Hymenium
Gills, starting as yellowish to rusty-brown, eventually becoming darker brown with age
Cap
Initially conical to bell-shaped, later expanding to become broadly umbonate, surface is dry, with a fibrous texture and a reddish-orange to brick-red color
Hymenium Attachment
Adnate to slightly emarginate
Stipe
Slender, cylindrical, often with a bulbous base, surface is orange to reddish and may feature some fibrous veils forming a cortina
Spore print
Spore print rusty brown
Ecology
Mycorrhizal with pine and spruce, commonly found in mixed forests, grows solitary or in small groups on mossy forest floors during late summer to autumn
Edibility
Deadly poisonous, contains orellanine, which can cause severe kidney damage or failure, with symptoms often delayed for days
Fruit body
Fruit body up to 15 cm
Dimensions
Cap size 3–8 cm
Odour
Odour faint or slightly earthy
Microscopy
Spores are almond-shaped, warty, 9-12 x 6.5-8.5µm, the basidia are four-spored, cystidia are rare or absent
Overview
Highly toxic mushroom distinguished by its conical to bell-shaped reddish-orange cap, slender stipe with a bulbous base, and rusty-brown gills
1887). Grevillea 16(no. 78): 44.
Field encounters
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