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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Cortinariaceae: Cortinarius rubellus Cooke, 1887

Cortinarius rubellus – Deadly webcap

Synonyms: Cortinarius orellanoides, Cortinarius speciosissimus, Cortinarius speciosus, Dermocybe orellanoides.

Common name: deadly webcap.

Russian names: Pautinnik krasiveyshiy, Pautinnik krasnovatyy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Cortinarius rubellus, commonly known as the deadly webcap, is a species of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae, native to Europe and North America. Within the genus it belongs to a group known as the Orellani, all of which are highly toxic — eating them results in kidney failure, which is often irreversible. The mushroom is generally tan to brown all over.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Deadly webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius rubellus</B>) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-08-11.htm">August 11, 2017</A>
LinkDeadly webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius rubellus) in Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Kannelyarvi, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188850
Deadly webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius rubellus</B>) taken from Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-08-11.htm">August 11, 2017</A>
LinkDeadly webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius rubellus) taken from Kannelyarvi, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 11, 2017
Deadly webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius rubellus</B>) in Lindulovskaya Larch Grove, near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-09-04.htm">September 4, 2018</A>
LinkDeadly webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius rubellus) in Lindulovskaya Larch Grove, near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 4, 2018
Location on mapsLindulovskaya Doroga, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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