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Surprise Webcap

Cortinarius (Dermocybe) semisanguineus

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Mushrooms

By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Surprise Webcap Cortinarius (Dermocybe) semisanguineus (Fr.) Gillet (illustrated 55% life size) Cap 2–6cm 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 20–100Γ—4–12mm; 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 6–8Γ—4–5ΒΌ, elliptical. Spore print rust. Habitat in mixed conifer and birch woods; autumn. Occasional. Suspect avoid.

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