Blue-belted cobweb (Cortinarius balteatocumatilis)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Cortinariaceae (Spiderwebs)
- Genus: Cortinarius (Spiderweb)
- Type: Cortinarius balteatocumatilis (Bluish-girdled cobweb)
Mushroom from the cobweb family.
Prefers to grow in deciduous forests, but also found in coniferous. Likes moist soils, especially if they have a lot of calcium. Grows in groups.
Seasonality – August – September – early October.
The fruiting body is the cap and stem.
head up to 8 cm in size, often has a small tubercle. Color – grayish, brown, with a blue tint. May have purple spots around the edges.
Records brown under the cap, rare.
Leg mushroom with belts, has the shape of a cylinder, up to 10 cm high. It often has a lot of mucus on it, but in the dry season it dries up completely.
Pulp dense, odorless, tasteless.
It is considered an inedible mushroom.
In this family there are many types of mushrooms that differ in color, structural features of the cap, the presence of rings and bedspreads.