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Beautiful-gilled Cortinarius
(Cortinarius subpulchrifolius) |
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Beautiful-gilled Cortinarius Sculpture, acrylic paint by "Wildman" |
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This mushroom has a dry, convex cap 1-1/2 to 4 inches across, gray-buff at first, then reddish, with an incurved margin, slightly earthy-smelling.
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 Beautiful-gilled Cortinarius, side view |
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The purplish gills attach to or slightly run down the stem. The spores are reddish-brown.
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 Beautiful-gilled Cortinarius, gills Note the cobweb-like veil. |
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The dingy-white stalk, tinged with red, is 2-5 inches long, 3/8 to 1 inch wide. A few hairs on the upper stem sometimes indicate a ring zone. This mushroom grows throughout North America in deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests in the fall. It's of unknown edibility or toxicity. |
