Surprise Webcap

Cortinarius semisanguineus

Coniferous, rarely deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-5 cm across, rarely larger, conical when young, finally becoming raised-flattened, with an umbo, surface smooth or finely fibrous, when dried even scaly, greenish-yellowish-brown, reddish-brown. Gills blood-red, old ones brownish-red, adnate. Stem 3-10x0.3-1 cm, pale ochre-yellow, the lower part yellowish-pink. Flesh thin, yellowish-brown, smelling of iodoform and radish, slightly bitter. Characteristic features: blood-red gills, cap and stem yellowish, ochre-brown. Grows in small groups, mostly in coniferous and mixed forests. Poisonous, common.