Cortinarius caerulescens    (Schaeff.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Mealy Bigfoot Webcap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Cortinarieae [sub-genus:Phlegmacium]  

synonyms: Phlegmacium caerulescens, Cortinarius caesiocyaneus, Cortinarius coerulescens, Phlegmacium caesiocyaneus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Cortinarius mairei-juranus)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of  Cortinarius caerulescens
photo gallery of  Cortinarius caerulescens potential confusions with  Cortinarius caerulescens toxicity of Cortinarius caerulescens genus Cortinarius  

The cap is grey blue to violet blue.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from October to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 5 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 25 mm (between 10 and 40 mm)


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



page updated on 14/01/18