Tricholomopsis rutilans?

[sp515507]

There’s a lot of these in our local wood (pine, beech, birch and rowan) in the east of Scotland. I’d love it if they turned out to be called plums and custard (I’m new to fungi and so many of the names make me laugh)

[Lancashire Lad]

Hi,

No. - This is Cortinarius bolaris - (Dappled Webcap).

If you aren't certain of a species, it is always a good idea to take a spore print.
Doing so can often rule-in or rule-out species that might be potentially confusing. particularly to someone just starting out in fungi identification.
Tricholomopsis rutilans will give a white spore print while Cortinarius bolaris (and other Cortinarius species) will give brown spore print.

Information on how to correctly take a spore print, along with lots of other useful information relating to fungi identification can be found in this post: -
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Coincidentally, I photographed the same species in a local Lancashire woodland five days ago: -

Cortinarius bolaris - (Dappled Webcap)

Regards,
Mike.

[sp515507]

Thank you for the ID and spore print information.

[adampembs]

As a rule of thumb, you can make an educated guess from gill colour. These orange-brown gills are typical of Cortinarius while Trcholomopsis would have paler gills. You can also often see a spore deposit on the stem or on something like a leaf or another mushroom underneath the cap.