Cortinarius mucosus (Orange Webcap)
Family
Cortinariaceae
Location
Europe, North America
Dimensions
Cap 6-10 cm diameter, stem 6-10 cm tall * 1-2.5 cm thick
Edibility
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Description
Cortinarius mucosus, also known as Orange Webcap, is a medium to large agaric with a cap that is yellowish-brown and very slimy. It has cinnamon or rust-coloured gills, a stout white stem with a ring zone, and a slightly swollen base. It typically grows with pine or birch and prefers acidic, sandy soils.

Cap coloured dark reddish to orange-brown, convex or wavy margined, smooth, very sticky. Gills grey to cinnamon brown, becoming rusty brown, adnate, close or nearly crowded. Stem white with rust sub-apical cortinal zone. It is smooth or faintly scaly below the cap, more or less equal or slightly swollen at the base, and very sticky. It has no ring. Spore print rusty reddish-brown.

Microscopic Features: The spores are ellipsoidal, measuring 12-14 x 5.5-6.5µm, and have a roughened surface.

Cortinarius mucosus on the First Nature Web site.
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