Leucocortinarius bulbiger (White Webcap)

Leucocortinarius bulbiger – Edible

Coniferous and mixed forests, especially pine forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 5-8 cm across, also grows larger. When young it is hemispherical, later convex-flattened, with a blunt umbo, yellowish-brown, greyish-brown, brownish, the margins paler, with remnants of the white veil. Gills white, later brownish-yellowish, adnate. Stem 5-10x1-2 cm, white, brown-fibrous, bulbous at the base, up to 3 cm across. Flesh white, soft, thick, without a particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: cap yellowish, gills whitish, stem bulbous. Grows singly. Edible, uncommon.