Cortinarius obtusus    (Fr.:Fr.) Fr. 



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

synonyms: Telamonia obtusus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hydrocybe obtusus, Telamonia obtusa)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Cortinarius obtusus toxicity of Cortinarius obtusus genus Cortinarius  

The cap is brown to orange brown, hygrophanous, cream-ochre when drying.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 4 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 4 and 10 mm)


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



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