1 November 2021 Minley Wood, North Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Cortinarius (Telamonia) paleaceus Cap Conical, centre distinctly acute, expanding with age, violet grey to brown, covered with white scales, to about 4 cm across Gills Moderately crowded, violet brown when young, becoming rust brown Stem Cylindrical, violet brown to pale or dark brown, covered with woolly white veil remnants Flesh Light brown Smell Pelargonium Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Common Habitat On soil in coniferous woods, also associated with birch, and possibly beech Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, warty (8-9) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Unknown Notes There are other similar species that smell of Pelargonium, including C. violilamellatus which has longer spindle shaped spores. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 1 November 2021 Minley Wood, North Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
26 October 2007 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2001 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |