Tall webcap (Cortinarius elatior) is a mushroom that is most often found growing with beech trees. This small and unassuming mushroom prefers acidic soils. It lacks a distinctive taste and odor. Its color varies with some specimens displaying violet-colored stem pigmentation.
Cap Diameter:
4 - 13 cm
Odor:
Slightly sweet, reminiscent of honey.
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Attributes
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About Tall webcap
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Attributes of Tall webcap
Cap Diameter
4 - 13 cm
Height
5 - 20 cm
Cap
Cap 4 - 15 cm in width; with a central umbo; brown to straw yellow; smooth, viscid or sticky
Cap Shape
Bell-shaped, Central Bump
Cap Surfaces
Visible lines or stripes
Gills
Adnate; distant; ochre then rusty red
Gill Attachment
Notched
Stem
Stem 5 - 20 cm in height, 1 - 3 cm in thick; thinner at both ends; violaceous white to ochre; with a cortina, viscid
Stem Shapes
Tapering
Flesh
Fibrous; white; unchanging
Ring
With Ring Zone
Spore Print Color
Rusty brown
Odor
Slightly sweet, reminiscent of honey.
Body Color
Brown
Yellow
Red
White
Purple
Flesh Bruises
The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.
