Pungent Cort Mushroom

Cap 4–12cm across, convex then expanded, pale lilaceous soon becoming pale ochraceous to rusty-pallid from the centre out, finely silky-scaly at first with velar remnants adhering to margin, later silky smooth. Stem 60–120 x 10–20mm (15–30mm at base), clavate-bulbous, lilaceous becoming white to ochraceous then rusty from base up, covered in patches of the lilaceous veil which discolour ochraceous; cortina lilaceous. Flesh yellowish buff in cap, marbled tawny in stem. Taste slightly bitter, smell often strongly sickly sweet. Gills pale ochre buff at first, later tawny to rusty. Spore print rust.