Species details
Goatcheese webcap
Cortinarius camphoratus
Inedible
Photo: Jose Angel Urquia Goitia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · License
Description
A pale to amethyst-violet webcap with violet young gills and a very strong unpleasant smell.
Identification features
The cap is dry and silky-fibrillose. Gills start blue-violet and become cinnamon to rusty brown. The stem is pale violet; cortina remnants are sparse.
Identification checklist
Check the entire fruitbody for identification. A pale to amethyst-violet webcap with violet young gills and a very strong unpleasant smell. The cap is dry and silky-fibrillose. Gills start blue-violet and become cinnamon to rusty brown. The stem is pale violet; cortina remnants are sparse. Mainly in acidic coniferous woodland, less often deciduous woodland; late summer to autumn.
How to separate similar species
Compare especially with: Cortinarius traganus, Cortinarius alboviolaceus, Cortinarius violaceus. A single feature or photograph is not sufficient for reliable identification.
Habitat
Mainly in acidic coniferous woodland, less often deciduous woodland; late summer to autumn.
Fruiting period
August, September, October