Cortinarius amoenolens Hry |
The cap is yellow to ochre, with sometimes shades of olive green, convex; its margin is smooth, fibrillose or with cortina remains. The cap surface is slimy (slime with bitter taste). The stem is blueish then ochre-white, except towards top, with a round bulbous base, with a cortina. The flesh is whitish to blueish (especially in apex of stem), unchanging; its taste is mild (except cap surface which is bitter); the odour is pleasant, fruity (plum); its texture is fibrous. The gills are pale blue then chocolate brown, adnate to free, rather crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 31 ). The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, on a rather calcareous soil, most of the time with beech. The fruiting period takes place from October to November.
Chemical tests : negative reaction to potash. Distinctive features : viscous surface cap with bitter taste; pale blue gills turning chocolate brown when mature; stem blueish then ochre-white; violaceous flesh at stem top; fruity odour (of plums) Cortinarius amoenolens is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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