Species details
Blood-red webcap
Cortinarius sanguineus
Poisonous
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Description
A small webcap that is almost entirely blood red, including gills, stem and flesh; mainly found in damp conifer woodland.
Identification features
The cap is up to about 5 cm wide, initially conical-convex, later expanded, vivid blood red and nearly smooth. Gills are broad, spaced and red. The slender stem is also blood red.
Identification checklist
Check the combination of blood-red cap, red gills, red stem and brown spore print. The entire fruitbody is important for Cortinarius identification.
How to separate similar species
Cortinarius semisanguineus usually has mainly red gills while the other parts are more yellow-brown. The genus also contains highly dangerous poisonous species.
Habitat
Grows in damp to boggy montane conifer woodland, often among moss under spruce, in late summer and early autumn.
Fruiting period
August, September
Similar species
- Surprise webcap (Cortinarius semisanguineus)
- Cortinarius cinnabarinus
- Deadly webcap (Cortinarius rubellus)