Cinnamon Webcap

Cortinarius cinnamomeus

Spruce forests, pine forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1–5 cm across, hemispherical, later bluntly convex, finally flattened, with an inconspicuous raised area in the middle, matt, yellowish-, greenish-reddish or brown, finely fibrous or even scaly. Gills crowded, orange, brownish-orange, adnate. Stem 3-6 (8)x0.3-0.8 cm, of even thickness, sometimes tapering at the base, soft yellow, yellowish-brown, fibrous. Flesh thin, yellowish, greenish-yellow, with an unpleasant smell of radish, slightly bitter. Characteristic features: young gills orange, old ones brownish-orange. Grows in groups in coniferous, rarely deciduous forests. Poisonous, very common.