Cortinarius flexipes    (Pers.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Pine Pelargonium Webcap 

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

synonyms: Cortinarius paleaceus ss.Konr., Cortinarius paleifer, Telamonia paleaceus, Telamonia paleacea, Cortinarius paleiferus, Cortinarius flexipes-flexipes 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hydrocybe paleaceus, Telamonia flexipes)  

edibility : inedible

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

The cap is dark brown, greyish-brown, with a central umbo. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is dark brown, brownish grey, with a clear but short-lived ring.

The flesh is pallid then brown, unchanging; the odour is similar to pelargonium; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale then cinnamon, with violet shades when young, adnate, distant (nb of gills per 90° ~ 12 ). The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods more frequently, but also in mixed or deciduous woods, with various conifers, but also with birch.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 9 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 7 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : grey-brown cap with umbo, covered with small white scales; odour of pelargonium; small size

Cortinarius flexipes is infrequent and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Cortinarius flexipes in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Cortinarius flexipes in the forest of Rambouillet



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