Fool's Webcap

Cortinarius orellanus

Deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-6 (8) cm across, conical, later flattened with a blunt umbo, orange-brown, reddish-brown, finely fibrous or even scaly. Gills thick, distant, reddish-brown, cinnamon-brown, adnate. Stem 3–9x0.5- 1.5 cm, tapering at the base, yellowish-brown, reddish-brown fibrous. Flesh yellowish, with an unpleasant smell, mild-tasting. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies reddish-orange, spores large. Grows singly or in small groups under oaks and birches, rarely also occurring in pine forests. Deadly poisonous. The poisonous substances are orellanine and other polypeptides.