Gassy Webcap

Cortinarius traganus

Coniferous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies massive. Cap 5-9 (13) cm across, fleshy, silky-fibrous, finely scaly, violet, fading to pale yellowish-brownish, ochre-yellowish. Gills yellowish, later reddish-brown, adnexed. Flesh yellow, with a bitter taste and an unpleasant specific (goat) smell. Stem 7-12x1-3 cm, violet when young, later greyish, thickening downwards, conspicuously fibrous. Characteristic features: the veil of young fruiting bodies violet, later yellowish-brown; the fungus has a specific, persistent goat smell. Grows singly or several fruiting bodies together, in spruce and pine forests, favouring mossy places. Inedible, not rare.