Girdled Webcap - Cortinarius trivialis
The cap is sticky and a reddish or tawny brown fading to greyish-ochre as it matures. The gills are pale greyish. The stipe is extremely glutinous and covered in a clear slime; it is marked with a series of yellow-brown veil remnants.
Other Cortinarius may have similar girdled stems
Photograph from top down, in side view and underneath; note habitat
With Salix in wet woodland.
August to October.
An uncommon but quite widespread species in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/cortinarius-trivialis.php
Cortinarius trivialis may be one of a complex of related species as yet unresolved.
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
14 November 2021
banded stipe
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
14 November 2021
gills darkening to red-brown
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
14 November 2021
cap still has a point. 6.5 cm diameter
Melinda Bell
Moira,Sarah's Wood
14 November 2021
reddish brown spores
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Species profile
- Common names
- Girdled Webcap
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Cortinariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 14/11/2021 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 14/11/2021 (Bell, Melinda)
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