Downy Webcap

Cortinarius laniger

Coniferous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 5-8 (10) cm across, flattened when mature, sometimes with a blunt umbo, yellowish-brownish, ochre-, reddish-brown, white-fibrous, scaly, when old as if cracked. Gills pale reddish-brown, rusty-brown, notched. Stem 6-12 (12)x1-2 (3) cm, thickening towards the base, white when young, covered with tufts of white veil, with a ring-like or even membranous remnant of the veil, yellowish-brown below it. Flesh brownish, firm, smelling of radish, slightly bitter-tasting. Characteristic features: brick-red gills, white-downy stem. Grows singly or in small groups, favouring the vicinity of spruce. Inedible.