Sunset Webcap Cortinarius (Cortinarius) limonius (Fr.) Fr. (illustrated 40% life size) Cap 3โ9cm across, convex then expanded and slightly depressed or umbonate; bright yellow-orange, darker at centre. Stem 50โ120ร8โ20mm; yellow-orange above, becoming rusty-tawny towards the base, covered in scattered patches of yellow velar remains; cortina pale yellow. Flesh yellow to golden, often tawny below cap cuticle and stem base; smell faint, like raw potato. Gills adnate; yellow, soon golden, finally rusty-tawny. Spores 7โ9ร5.5โ7ยผ, broadly ovate to subglobose, rough. Spore print rust. Habitat in coniferous woods; autumn. Occasional in northern areas, elsewhere rare, vulnerable on Red Data List. Poisonous. Note in my first book this fungus was named C. callisteus, but C. limonius is now considered the correct name.
