I have loved mushrooms since childhood, and I have also been a programmer for a long time. Combining these two hobbies, I wrote this website. Previously, I had two other mushroom identification sites, which I sold. Only one of them remains accessible today. My goal with the current site is to create an easy-to-use search and identification platform that works great both in the field and at home. I hope it brings joy to others.
Bartha László
Species flashcards
Practice area: created for the 303-species Hungarian mushroom inspector requirement. It is not an official examination; requirements in other countries may differ.
Glistening Webcap
Cortinarius trivialis
not edible
- Habitat: deciduous
- Fruiting season: July – November
- Cap: flat umbonate smooth infolded
- Stem: cylindrical
- Fertile layer: adnate decurrent tooth dense smooth
Description
Cap: 3-10 cm in diameter; convex, later flattening, but even then bluntly umbonate on top, its margin slightly infolded; ochre-, honey-, clay-, or olive-brown, often spotted or dark brown in the center; surface strongly slimy.
Gills: Adnate or tooth-decurrent; bluish-purple when young, later rust-brown, their edges lighter.
Stem: 5-10 cm long, 1-2 cm thick; cylindrical or spindle-shaped; whitish or slightly purplish on top, grayish olive-brownish downwards; its surface is covered with a belt-like tearing slimy veil, which becomes shiny when dry.
Flesh: Pale yellow, brownish in the stem; smell and taste not characteristic.
Spore: Rust-brown; 10.5-12.5 x 6-8.5μm; elliptical, almond-shaped.
Occurrence: From June to November, in deciduous forests, common species. Edibility: not edible.
Confusion: Similar to the slimy spike-cap and the copper spike.
Note: The Latin name Cortinarius refers to the partial veil that protects the gills on the young mushroom; cortina means curtain. In most species belonging to the Cortinarius genus, the partial veil connects the stem to the cap margin in the form of fine radial threads, unlike other membranous partial veils. As expected, trivialis means trivial. In this case with the meaning of common or ordinary. This striking mushroom is a member of the Cortinarius genus, subgenus Myxacium, which includes species in which the partial veil connecting the cap and stem is slimy.
Species description: The mushroom was described in 1940 by the Danish mycologist Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864-1941), who also gave it the name Cortinarius trivialis, which remains the currently accepted scientific name. Synonyms of Cortinarius trivialis include Myxacium collinitum var. repandum (Ricken), and Cortinarius collinitus var. trivialis (JE Lange).
Taxonomy
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyCortinariaceae
- GenusCortinarius
- Species: trivialis
- Described by: J.E. Lange
- Hungarian name: nyálkástönkű pókhálósgomba
- Lifestyle: mycorrhizal
- Edibility: not edible
