Dappled Webcap

Cortinarius bolaris

Deciduous and mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-6 cm across, rarely larger, convex, flattened, creamy yellow when young, later reddish-brown, pinkish-brown, covered with yellowish-red scales, veil rusty-red. Gills pale yellow, later reddish-brown, adnate, semi-decurrent. Stem 3-9x0.3-1.3 cm, white when young, soon becoming the colour of the cap, finely scaly. Flesh white, becoming chrome-yellow when cut or broken. Characteristic features: cap and stem with reddish-brown scales, flesh turns yellow when cut. Grows singly or in small groups, favouring the vicinity of birch, aspen and oak. Poisonous.