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bloodred webcap
Cortinarius sanguineus
Cortinarius sanguineus, commonly known as the blood red webcap or blood red cortinarius, is a species of fungus in the genus Cortinarius.
From the article Cortinarius sanguineus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The dark blood-red cap is convex then flattening, 2–5 centimetres (3⁄4–2 in) wide, and covered in silky fibres. The stipe is coloured like the cap, cylindrical, 4–10 cm long, and 3–8 mm thick. The veil (cortina) and its remnants are red. The purple-red flesh has a fair to pleasant smell. The gills are adnate, initially blood-red and turning brown as the spores mature. The spore print is rust-coloured. The oval spores measure 7 to 9 μm by 4 to 6 μm and are rough.
At the table
It is considered inedible, of unknown edibility, or edible. Its pigment can be used as a dye for wool, rendering it shades of pink, purple or red. The major pigments in C. sanguineus are emodin, dermocybin and dermorubin.
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55030.