Girdled Webcap

Girdled Webcap - Cortinarius trivialis

Description

The cap is sticky and a reddish or tawny brown fading to greyish-ochre as it matures.  The gills are pale greyish.  The stipe is extremely glutinous and covered in a clear slime; it is marked with a series of yellow-brown veil remnants.

Similar Species

Other Cortinarius may have similar girdled stems

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view and underneath; note habitat

Habitat

With Salix in wet woodland.

When to see it

August to October.

UK Status

An uncommon but quite widespread species in Britain.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Further Information

https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/cortinarius-trivialis.php

Cortinarius trivialis may be one of a complex of related species as yet unresolved.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

No additional images available for this species.

All NatureSpot records