Cortinarius ID help please

Bill S · #1 (**permalink**) 15-10-2011, 07:50 AM

Hi folks

If there is enough detail in this picture for someone to be able to ID this suspected Cortinarius species I'd greatly appreciate it.Cap diameter was between 100 and 150 mm, it was found in amongst a very diverse mixture of trees (an arboretum) and it didn't have a distinctive smell.

Many thanks in advance

Regards

Bill

flaxton · #2 (**permalink**) 15-10-2011, 08:08 AM

Bill
I think this is a Lepiota possibly L aspera.

Mal

Ditiola · #3 (**permalink**) 15-10-2011, 08:53 AM

Hi Bill

I think making a spore print would be a good starting point

Peter

NickCantle · #4 (**permalink**) 15-10-2011, 11:17 AM

Definitely Lepiotoid as Mal said, but easy to see how the Cortinarius conclusion was initially drawn! As Peter says, spore prints can do wonders in situations like this

waynehicks1 · #5 (**permalink**) 17-10-2011, 02:53 PM

That's a lovely looking fungus

Bill S · #6 (**permalink**) 18-10-2011, 07:11 AM

Thanks all. Is that type of web common in Lepiota or does it occur in just a few species? I must admit the web didn't look like a Cortinarius web in that it didn't seem attached to the stem in a specific area, it was much more diffuse and went all the way to the soil.

Bill