Cortinarius infucatus

Cortinarius infucatus Fries, Monographia Hymenomycetum Sueciae 2: 309 (1863)

Collection date: 9-Oct-18
Collector: Noah Siegel
Location: Skykomish, WA, USA
Habitat: Young Abies and Tsuga

Description:

Cap 23-48 mm across, greasy, hygrophanous, slightly roughened, pale ochre orange. Stipe: 52-75 mm long, 8-9 mm thock at apex, clavate, 15-22 mm thick at base, becoming hollow at apex, watery orange ochre, to orangish white when dry. Odor & taste: sharp, chemical raphanoid, taste slightly raphanoid. KOH: dark chestnut brown on all parts.

ITS Analysis

>NS_3328_ITS Cortinarius infucatus
TGTTGCTGGTTCTCTAGGGAGCATGTGCACACTTTGTCATGTTTTTATATCTTCACCTGTGCATCTTTTGTAGACTTGGATTGATTCCAGGCCTATGTATATCTTATCTACTCCAGTATAGAATGTATAATAAGACAATGGCCTTTTGTGCCTTTATTTTTATACAACTTTCAGCAATGGATCTCTAGGCTCTTGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAAGTAATGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACCTTGCGCTCCTTGGTATTCCGAGGAGCATGCCTGTTTGAGTGTCATTTATATATCATCAGCACTCATTGAGTGTTGGATCTGTGGGGGTTTGGTGGCCTTTTGAGGTCAGCTCCCCTGAAAAGCATTAGCAGAACAATTTATGTTTCATTGGTGTGATAATTATCTATGCTATTGAACATGAAGCAAGTTTGGCTTCTAACCATGAATTTCATAAATGTGACCTCAAATCAGGTAGGACTACCCGCTGAACTTAAGCATATCAATAAGCGGAGGAAAAGAAACTAACAAGGATTCCCCTAGTAACTGCGAGTGAAGCGGGAAAAGCTCAAATTTAAAATCTGGCAGTCCTTTAACTGCCCGAGTTGTAATCTAGAGAAGTGTTATCTGCGCTGGACCGT

Compared with collections cited in the article “Cortinarius subgenus Callistei in North America and Europe” (Nisakanen et al) and found match to epitype KU 236700