Cortinarius brunneus    (Pers.:Fr.) Fr. 



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

synonyms: Telamonia brunnea, Cortinarius brunneus-brunneus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hydrocybe brunnea)  

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of  Cortinarius brunneus
photo gallery of  Cortinarius brunneus potential confusions with  Cortinarius brunneus toxicity of Cortinarius brunneus genus Cortinarius  

The cap is red brown to blackish brown, paler when dry.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 2 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 5 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 13 mm (between 4 and 30 mm)


Cortinarius brunneus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Cortinarius brunneus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Cortinarius brunneus in the forest of Rambouillet



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