Saffron cobweb (Cortinarius croceus)
- 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 croceus (Saffron cobweb)
- Cobweb chestnut brown
Description:
Hat – 7 cm in diameter, convex at first, then almost flat, with a tubercle, silky-fibrous chestnut or reddish-brown, yellow-brown along the edge; cortina lemon yellow.
The plates are adnate with a tooth, initially dark yellow to brownish-yellow, orange- or reddish-yellow, then reddish-brown.
Spores 7-9 x 4-5 µm, ellipsoidal, warty, rusty brown.
Leg 3-7 x 0,4-0,7 cm, cylindrical, silky, monochromatic at the top with plates, at the bottom to orange-brown, yellowish.
The flesh is usually tasteless and odorless, but sometimes the smell is slightly rare.
Spread:
The saffron cobweb grows in coniferous forests, in places covered with heather, near marshes, on chernozem soils, along the edges of roads.
Evaluation:
Not edible.
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