Cortinarius rigens (Pers.) Fr. 1838

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Cortinarius rigens is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Pinopsida
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Cortinarius duracinus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 304. 1838
Pileus convex, then expanded, obtuse, sometimes gibbous, 4r-10 cm. broad; surface hygrophanous, watery-cinnamon-brown when moist, rufous-tinged on the disk, pale-ochraceoustan to buff when dry, glabrous, even; margin at first incurved, then geniculate and obsoletely silky; context rigid-brittle, then scissile, concolorous, at length pallid, the odor and taste mild; lamellae adnate or slightly subdecurrent, thin, subdistant, moderately broad, pallid at first but soon watery-cinnamon, the edge even or scarcely crenulate; stipe tapering downward or fusiform-subradicate, 4-12 cm. long, 6-15 mm. thick, glabrous, rigid, stuffed, then hollow, sometimes compressed, at length shining, white, at first cortinate-fibrillose; cortina white; spores ellipsoid, almond-shaped, scarcely rough, 7-9.5 X 5-5.5 /*.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: On the ground, in frondose or mixed woods.
Distribution: New York to Michigan, and southward to North Carolina; also in Europe.

Cortinarius rigens Fries, Epicr. Myc. 311. 1838
Pileus fleshy, rather rigid when dry, campanulate-expanded, subumbonate, obtuse or broadly gibbous, 2-5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, even, hygrophanous, cinnamon-rufous (R) to Capuchin-brown (R) when moist, fading to ochraceous-buff (R) and then with delicate canescent innate fibrils; margin at first straight; context thin, concolorous, fading to white, the odor somewhat penetrating, subaromatic; cortina scanty, white; lamellae adnate, subdecurrent, broad, close, becoming subdistant, pale-clay-colored, then pale-cinnamon, the edge crenulateeroded; stipe tapering downward and subradicating, sometimes equal, sometimes fusiform, 5-8 cm. long, 5-9 mm. thick, toughish, more rigid-brittle when dry, the cortex cartilaginous, stuffed, then hollow, pruinose at the apex, at length silky-shining and whitish; spores ellipsoid, almost smooth, 7-9 X 4-5 /z.
Type locality: Sweden. Habitat : In coniferous or mixed forests .
Distribution: Appalachian Mountains, New York to Tennessee; also in Europe.