Deadly Webcap

Cortinarius rubellus

Coniferous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-8 cm across, rarely larger, conical, finally raised-flattened, with a sharp umbo, orange-red, reddish-brown, fibrous-scaly, rough, the margin bent downwards. Gills thick, distant, the colour of the cap, broad, adnate. Stem 7–9x1-1.3 cm, of even thickness, tapering at the base, the colour of the cap, fibrous-scaly. Flesh orange-yellow, with an unpleasant smell of radish and an unpleasant taste. Characteristic features: cap and stem orange-brown, with an unpleasant smell. Grows in small groups, favouring damp, grassy places in old spruce forests. Deadly poisonous. Rare, found only in the Dubrava forests (Kaunas district).