Membranous cobweb (Cortinarius paleaceus)
- 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 paleaceus (Membranous cobweb)
Description:
Cap 2-3 (3,5) cm in diameter, bell-shaped, convex with a sharp mastoid tubercle, dark brown, brown-brown, sometimes with radial light brown stripes, ocher-brownish in dry weather, with whitish-felt scales, especially noticeable closer to the edge and the remains of a light veil on the edge.
The plates are sparse, wide, adnate with a tooth or free, brown, then rusty-brown.
The leg is long, 8-10 (15) cm and 0,3-0,5 cm in diameter, thin, curved at the base, hard, fibrous-grooved, hollow inside, brown-brown, covered with whitish silky-felt belts, with large gray scales at the base.
The flesh is thin, brittle, firm in the stem, brownish, odorless, according to the literature with the smell of geranium.
Spread:
The cobweb grows from late July to mid-September in a mixed forest (with birch), around swamps, in mosses, not often, sometimes abundantly.
The similarity:
The cobweb membranous has a very close appearance, the cobweb membranous-wild, which is distinguished by a purple tint of the plates and the upper part of the stem, is sometimes considered a synonym. Great resemblance to Gossamer cobweb, from which it differs in smaller size, distinct scales, growing in moss in a swamp.