Cortinarius torvus (Fr.:Fr.) Fr. |
The cap is brown violet then brownish beige. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is violaceous white to ochre, bulbous, with a membranous ring, with a cortina. The flesh is white to violaceous, unchanging; its taste is bitter; the odour is sweet, of dried plums, pelargonium and pear alcohol; its texture is fibrous. The gills are violaceous then rusty red, adnate, distant . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, on a rather acid soil, most of the time with beech, birch, sometimes with conifers. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Dull grey-brown to ochre cap; Stem often crooked to one side and embedded in white 'sock' sheathing ring; violet flesh in the top of the stem; gills distant, buff with a lilac tinge, becoming rusty with age Cortinarius torvus is occasional and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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