Violet Webcap

Cortinarius violaceus

Coniferous and deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized, large. Cap 5-10 (12) cm across, sometimes larger, bell-shaped, later convex-flattened, fleshy, the surface rough, fibrous, felty, even scaly; when young bluish-violet, later brownish, brownish-violet. Young gills dark violet, when mature bluish-brown, adnate. Stem 7-10x1—2 cm, violet-brown, the base club-shaped, thickened. Flesh with violet streaks, thick, with a delicate smell of cedar and juniper wood. Characteristic features: cap, stem, gills and flesh violet-blue; cap surface rough, felty. Grows singly or a few fruiting bodies together. Edible. Should be assigned to the protected species.