Surprise Webcap Cortinarius (Dermocybe) semisanguineus (Fr.) Gillet (illustrated 55% life size) Cap 2โ6cm across, convex then expanded and umbonate; ochre- to olive-buff, often darker or tinged reddish at the centre; covered in fine fibres, disrupting into minute scales near the margin. Stem 20โ100ร4โ12mm; ochraceous to olivaceous, paler at the apex, sparsely covered in olivaceous fibres below, base sometimes covered in pinkish to reddish down. Flesh ochraceous in stem, olivaceous in cap; taste slightly bitter, smell of radish. Gills adnate; blood-red. Spores 6โ8ร4โ5ยผ, elliptical. Spore print rust. Habitat in mixed conifer and birch woods; autumn. Occasional. Suspect avoid.
