Brilliant cobweb (Cortinarius evernius)
- Vaega: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Vaevaega: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Vasega laiti: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Poloaiga: Agaricales (Agaric poʻo Lamellar)
- Aiga: Cortinariaceae (Spiderwebs)
- Ituaiga: Cortinarius (Spiderweb)
- ituaiga: Cortinarius evernius (Brilliant cobweb)
faamatalaga:
Cap of brilliant cobweb, 3-4 (8) cm in diameter, at first acutely bell-shaped or hemispherical, dark brown with a lilac tinge, then bell-shaped or convex, often with a sharp tubercle, with whitish silky remnants of the bedspread along the lowered edge, hygrophanous, reddish-brown, dark -brown, with a purple or violet tint, in wet weather purplish-brown or rusty-brown, smooth and shiny, in dry weather pale brownish, gray-gray with whitish fibers.
Records of medium frequency, wide, adnate with a tooth, with a light finely serrated edge, grayish-brownish, later chestnut, sometimes with a purple or violet tint. The gossamer coverlet is white.
Spore powder is rusty brown.
The stem of the brilliant cobweb is usually 5-6 (10) cm long and about 0,5 (1) cm in diameter, cylindrical, sometimes narrowed towards the base, fibrous-silky, hollow, whitish at first, whitish with a brownish-purple tint, later with noticeable white concentric belts that disappear in wet weather.
The pulp is thin, brownish, dense in the stem with a purple tint, with a slight unpleasant odor.
Faʻasalalau:
The brilliant cobweb grows from mid-August to the end of September in coniferous and mixed forests (with spruce, birch), in damp places, near swamps, in moss, on the litter, found in small groups, not often.