Variable cobweb (Cortinarius varius)
- 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 varius (Variable cobweb)
head 4-8 (12) cm in diameter, at first hemispherical with a curved margin, then convex with a lowered, often curved margin, with brownish remnants of the spathe along the margin, slimy, rufous, orange-brownish with a lighter yellowish margin and a dark red-brown middle .
Records frequent, adnate with a tooth, first bright purple, then leathery, pale brown. The cobweb cover is white, clearly visible in young mushrooms.
spore powder yellow-brown.
Leg: 4-10 cm long and 1-3 cm in diameter, club-shaped, sometimes with a thick nodule, silky, whitish, then ocher with a fibrous-silky yellow-brown girdle.
Pulp dense, whitish, sometimes with a slight musty smell.
Grows from July to the end of September in coniferous and deciduous forests, found in more southern and eastern regions.
It is considered a conditionally edible (or edible) mushroom, highly valued in foreign Europe, used fresh (boiling for about 15-20 minutes, pour the broth) in second courses, you can pickle.