Pearly Webcap

Cortinarius alboviolaceus

Coniferous and deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 7-8 cm across, dry, matt, fibrous, ivory with a violet tinge, ochre-brownish when old. Young gills greyish, violet, bluish, later fading to yellowish-brown, adnate. Stem 5-12x0.5-2 cm, thickening towards the base, firm, white, whitish-violet when young, zigzag-fibrous with a ring-like remnant of the white veil. Flesh bluish, brownish in old fungi, with an unpleasant smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: cap, stem and flesh greyish-bluish-violet. Grows singly or in small groups, favouring the vicinity of oak. Inedible, common.