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Deadly webcap

Cortinarius rubellus · Webcaps (Cortinarius)

Deadly poisonous
Deadly webcap
📷 Eric Steinert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Deadly poisonous. The toxin destroys the kidneys – treacherous, because the first symptoms only appear days later, when nobody thinks of mushrooms any more.

Recognise it safely – what matters

  1. Pointed boss on the cap
  2. Yellowish bands on the stem
  3. Rust-brown gills – trumpet chanterelles have grey ridges

Features

Cap
3–8 cm, reddish to orange-brown, with a pointed boss, finely scaly.
Underside
Gills: distant, ochre to rust brown.
Stem
Slender, with yellowish bands (veil remnants).
Flesh
Yellowish
Smell
Slightly of radish
Spore print
Rust brown

Season

Habitat

Damp, mossy coniferous forests on acidic soils, especially under spruce – often where trumpet chanterelles grow too.

Gran, Furu

Risk of confusion

Traktkantarell Edible species Grows in the same moss. Trumpet chanterelles are hollow, have a yellow stem and grey, low ridges instead of rust-brown gills. Sigdsopp Edible species The gypsy mushroom has a whitish frosted cap and a true ring.

If someone has eaten it

Intense thirst, headache and aching limbs, nausea, later little or no urine – up to kidney failure. First symptoms: usually 2–14 days, rarely up to 3 weeks after eating.

Act immediately – even without symptoms:

  • Emergency number 112 if someone feels unwell.
  • Poison centre: Germany – area code of the nearest city with a poison centre + 19240 (e.g. Berlin 030 19240, Munich 089 19240) · Austria +43 1 406 43 43 · Switzerland 145.
  • Keep leftovers, trimmings or vomit – it helps with identification.

Never identify mushrooms by pictures or an app alone. When in doubt, ask a mushroom expert – and only pick what you know for sure.

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