Cortinarius triumphans Fr. |
The cap is tawny yellow. The cap surface is smooth, viscid in wet weather. The stem is whitish to yellow, with a ring zone (cortina remains) made of scaly bands. The flesh is creamy white to yellow, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is weak or not distinctive; its texture is fibrous. The gills are cream then lilac then brown, adnate, crowded . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in damp broad-leaved woods, with birch. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : flesh becoming yellow when in contact with potash (KOH) or ammonia (NH3). Distinctive features : Slimy yellow cap; stem with yellow-orange belts below the cortina; white to cream gills (eventually brown), with shades of blue Cortinarius triumphans is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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