Cortinarius infractus (Pers.:Fr.) Fr. |
The cap is grey-brown to olive-brown, dull purple or ochre. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky. The flesh is unchanging; its taste is very bitter; the odour is weak, of radish; its texture is fibrous. The gills are adnate, distant . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, on a rather acid or calcareous soil, with beech, oak, spruce. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : cap surface becomes golden yellow when in contact with TL4; flesh reacts to bright blue when in contact with Gaïac. Distinctive features : olive-brown colour; top of stem washed with blue, paler than cap; pale grey cortina; bitter taste Cortinarius infractus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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