golden fungus

[sweet rocket]

I'd like some help to identify this fungus.It was found in the Scottish Highlands in early october under Larch and Scots Pine. Colour on top made it look as though it was going over, but the colour on the underside was very rich gold The structure was quite fresh.

[waxcap]

It looks like a Webcap to me. Cortinarius sp. Could be rubellus but that's a pure guess. I'll put my tin hat on now.

[sweet rocket]

First -apologies for duplication. I thought it wasn't submitted properly
Thanks for responding to my request for id help .
I thought this second photo might be cortinarius rubellus as well? The stems are however very different.The fungus in the original post has a more slender stem.

[Lancashire Lad]

Undoubtedly Cortinarius sp.

But to me, neither photo seems to have the right "jizz" for C.rubellus.

Although I can't hazard a guess as to which exact species they might be.

These pics are of C.rubellus, confirmed and determined by microscopy.



Regards,
Mike.

[sweet rocket]

I agree. It doesn't not look like cortinarius rubellus. Thanks for the advice.

[RMP234]

Could this be cortinarius croceus which is fairly common around these parts?


Robert

[sweet rocket]

c.croceus doesn't really match either...Stipe is too robust, gills are not fine enough, but thanks for the suggestion.
There are sooo many within cortinarius sp.

[NickCantle]

One of the Cortinarius (dermocybe) 'branch'? It's got the same sort of 'jizz' as C. semisanguineus, etc.

[MattPrince]

I'd say that you've found one of the thorns in a mycologists side, a cortinarious species, or webcap if you prefer. There are a lot of species of this genus in the UK and most are extremely difficult to identify. They typically have a rusty spore print and often the only remnants of the web on mature specimens are rusty fibrils on the stem,

The warm gill colour, habitat and timing makes me wonder if it might be cortinarius cinnamomeus - or cinnamon webcap - did it smell at all? - but to be honest that's a wild shot in the dark, as there are probably several cortinarius with this colour gills, and I'm sure a more experienced mycologist will come around and tell you... it is either something else.. or more likely that it can't be done without a microscope (if then!)

Did that help at all?

Matt

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

One of the Cortinarius (dermocybe) 'branch'? It's got the same sort of 'jizz' as C. semisanguineus, etc.

I agree with Dermocybe, Nick. That's where it would key out to with Karl Soop's key, based on cap and stipe dry, cap weakly or not hygrophanous, gills with an olive, yellow, orange or red tint and relatively slender stem.

Then it gets into subtleties of colour e.g. colour of the faces of the gills, and flesh colour in the cap and stem. If the gill faces were orange, Cortinarius cinnamomeus is a possibility. But I couldn't put a name to it with any certainty without further characters not available from a photo alone.

Ken