Cortinarius flexipes is a fungus, specifically a mushroom, a small brown species in the genus Cortinarius. It is commonly known as the Pelargonium webcap because of its unusual smell of Pelargonium (the household "geranium").
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Cortinariaceae |
Genus: | Cortinarius |
Species: | C. flexipes |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is umbonate |
![]() | Hymenium is adnate |
![]() | Stipe has a cortina |
![]() | Spore print is reddish-brown |
![]() | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | Edibility is inedible |
This species of mushroom is found in Europe and North America. It is hygrophanous, and belongs to the Telamonia group, being thin-fleshed and having a dry cap and stipe.
Cortinarius paleaceus (Weinm.) Fr. and Cortinarius paleiferus Svrek (sometimes written C. paleifer[1]) have commonly been identified in Europe as separate species.[1][2][3] C. paleiferus is defined as having more widely spaced gills, and has a pale violet mycelium at the base of the stipe. Now these types are combined into one species and considered to be only varieties of C. flexipes.[4]
Cortinarius flexipes cap is up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in). It is dark brown but becoming pale fawn on drying, with white hair-like scales especially near the edge. It is more or less pointed in the centre. The stipe is up to about 7 centimetres (2.8 in) and fibrous, with white bands of veil remnants. Fruitbodies have the smell of Pelargonium (household geranium). The species is inedible.[5]
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