Cortinarius malachius    (Fr.:Fr.) Fr. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarieae  

synonyms: Sericeocybe malachius 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Cortinarius malachioides, Inoloma malachium)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Cortinarius malachius toxicity of Cortinarius malachius genus Cortinarius  

The cap is greyish-brown. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate to emarginate, crowded . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 11 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 14 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 8 and 25 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : grey-brown cap; more or less concolorous stem; violet flesh in the stem

Cortinarius malachius is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Cortinarius malachius in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Cortinarius malachius in the forest of Rambouillet



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