SCIENTIFIC NAME: CORTINARIUS TRIVIALIS
VERNACULAR NAME: GIRDLED WEBCAP

Fig 1
CAP 3-11cm in diameter.  Convex at first eventually becoming expanded with occasional umbo.  Ochraceous tawny to bay brown with darker patches.  Viscid.
STIPE Concolorous with cap and covered in whitish scales.  Viscid and whitish towards the apex.
GILLS/PORES Gills have overtones of pale lilac when young later turning pale clay then rust.
FLESH Light yellow except below cap cuticle and in lower stem where it is brownish.
SPORES Rust brown, almond shaped
HABITAT Wet, boggy areas with poplar, willow, birch, beech and oak.
SEASON Rare, summer to late autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible.  r

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