Cortinarius acutus    (Pers.:Fr.) Fr. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarieae [sub-genus:Telamonia]  

synonyms: Telamonia acutus, Telamonia acuta, Cortinarius detonsus ss.Moën-loc. 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hydrocybe acuta, Hydrocybe acutus)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Cortinarius acutus toxicity of Cortinarius acutus genus Cortinarius  

The cap is pale ochre yellow to pale beige, sharply campanulate, with a central umbo; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is honey coloured, with a ring zone.

The flesh is pallid, darker towards stem base, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are ochre yellow to rusty red, adnate to emarginate, crowded . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in damp places, with conifers.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 4 and 6 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 1 and 2 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : very sharp umbonate umbo, pixie bonnet shaped, with a striate margin; faint odour of iodine; smaller gills welded to main gills; in damp places

Cortinarius acutus is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Cortinarius acutus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Cortinarius acutus in the forest of Rambouillet



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