October 2001 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, finely scaly, deep violet, to about 15 cm across Gills Crowded, deep violet then violet brown Stem Club shaped with a bulbous base, concolorous with the cap Flesh Firm, violaceous, blood red when exposed to KOH solution Smell Cedar wood Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent and rather localised Habitat On acidic soil in deciduous woods, favouring oak, beech, and birch Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, rough (11-14) x (7-8.5) µm2 Edibility Unknown, possibly toxic Notes The macroscopically identical Cortinarius hercynicus occurs with spruce. It has not been recorded in Britain. 
October 2001 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
4 November 2006 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |