Cortinarius humicola    (Quél.) Maire 

common name(s) : Golden Webcap 

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

synonyms: Leprocybe humicola, Cortinarius humicolus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Sericeocybe humicolusInoloma, Humicola )  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Cortinarius humicola toxicity of Cortinarius humicola genus Cortinarius  

The cap is yellow to orange yellow.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, on a rather calcareous soil, exclusively with beech.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 8 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 3 and 10 mm)


Cortinarius humicola is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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