Saffron Webcap

Cortinarius croceus

Coniferous and deciduous forests, especially dry pine forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1.5–6 cm across, conical, finally becoming flattened, with an umbo, matt, fibrous, finely scaly, dark brownish-red, then becoming greenish-brownish-yellow, yellowish-brown, the margin paler, the veil pale yellow. Young gills sulphur-yellow, later yellowish-brown, adnate. Stem 3–7 (10-12)x0.3-1 cm, yellow, later reddish-brown, whitish at the base, with an inconspicuous ring-like remnant of the veil. Flesh yellow, thin, smelling of radish, with an unpleasant taste, slightly bitter. Characteristic features: cap greenish-brownish-yellow, fibrous, stem of similar colour. Grows singly or in small groups in forests, especially in dry pine forests, mostly in autumn. Not rare. Poisonous.