Cortinarius brunneus (Pers.) Fr. 1838

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Cortinarius brunneus var. glandicolor is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Betula
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Cortinarius glandicolor Fries, Epicr. Myc. 298
Pileus subfleshy to submembranaceous, at first ovoid to conic-campanulate, then convexcampanulate, subexpanded, with a mammillate or subacute umbo, 2-5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, hygrophanous, Prout-brown (R) to chestnut-brown (R) when moist, cinnamon (R) to ochraceous-buff (R) when dry, becoming blackish-stained or entirely dark-fuscous in age; margin at first incurved and white-silky from veil; context thin, concolorous, hygrophanous,' scissile, the odor and taste none or slight; lamellae adnate, subdistant to distant, thickish, 5-8 mm. broad, at first cinnamon, then umber, the edge entire; stipe equal or subequal, 4-8 cm. long, 4-8 mm. thick, sometimes subclavate or abruptly attenuate at the base, soon hollow, naked above, whitish at first, soon fuscescent, zoned by shreds from the whitish universal veil, or with a subannular single zone above middle; spores broadly ellipsoid, tuberculate, 8-10 X 5-6 /x, dark-brown under the microscope.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: On mosses and debris, under fir trees, in higher mountains.
Distribution: New York to Michigan; Colorado; Washington; also in Europe.