Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ AgaricalesOrder
• └─ CortinariaceaeFamily
• └─ CortinariusGenus

Higher ranks from Catalogue of Life (COL26.9 XR).

not recorded

In coniferous and mixed forest, often on calcareous soil

⚠ Before you pickWild fungi may be taken in small quantities for your own use (§39(3) BNatSchG) — but not in nature reserves or national parks, on closed land or on farmland in use, and never for sale (§39(4)). In Bavaria this right is anchored in Art. 141(3) of the state constitution and is limited to locally customary amounts; the competent authority is the district nature-conservation authority (untere Naturschutzbehörde). Local signs and ordinances come first.

Species protection from BArtSchV Annex 1 and §2(1), retrieved 2026-10-15; Red List from Dämmrich et al. (2016) (BfN / Rote-Liste-Zentrum). Not legal advice — local rules and signage may be stricter. BArtSchV Annex 1 · Red List data

not recorded

Unknown, not recommended

• ▸ Stocky fruit body with a pale grey-brown, viscid cap
• ▸ Pale lavender-grey gills, later rust-brown from the spores; cortina on young specimens
• ▸ Firm, pale, club-shaped stem with a bulbous base
• ▸ Flesh of cap and stem lilac to violaceous, becoming white in the centre when cut