Cortinarius rubens Kauffman 1918

Cortinarius rubens C. H. Kauffman, Agar. Mich, 1 : 343
1918.
Pileus fleshy, hemispheric, then convex-expanded, 3-7 cm. broad; surface vermilion-red to orange-fulvous, unicolorous, with a viscid, separable, toughish pellicle, glabrous, even, shining when dry ; context thick, whitish, the odor faintly aromatic, the taste bitterish then disagreeable; lamellae adnexed, becoming emarginate, rather close, cesious or pale-drab at first, then argillaceous-cinnamon, the edge entire and tinged dull-citron-yellowish ; stipe 4-7 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick, solid, dry, pale-straw-yellow to whitish, citron-yellowish within, fimbriate from the cortina, equal above the rounded, marginate-depressed bulb, the bulb clothed by the vermilion-red universal veil except below, there white and attached to white mycelium; cortina white or tinged with red; spores almond-shaped, very inequilateral, tuberculate, 15-18 X 7-8.5 ju.
Type locality: Ann Arbor, Michigan. Habitat: On the ground, in frond ose woods. Distribution: Michigan and Wisconsin.