North American Cortinarius Collections
An ongoing study
Cortinarius barlowensis Ammirati, Berbee, Harrower, Liimatainen & Niskanen: 1 (2014) Collection: Steve Trudell - SAT-09-261-14Location: Spruce-hemlock forest, with alder, Sitka, Alaska Description published in Index Fungorum 93: Cortinarius barlowensis Ammirati, Berbee, Harrower, Liimatainen & Niskanen, in Joe Ammirati, Mary Berbee, Emma Harrower, Kare Liimatainen & Tuula Niskanen, sp.nov. IF550403 With an ITS sequence (GenBank no.... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius caesiifolius A.H. Sm. (1939)Section anomaliCollected by: Steve Trudell, Shannon AdamsColl #: SAT-13-298-15, SDA 671, SDA 648Photograph: Steve TrudellLocation: Mixed conifer forest, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon and WA State SDA 671 WA State Notes: This is a relatively common and fairly distinctive PNW member of Section Anomali. An upcoming paper will stabilize the names... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius talus Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 263 (1838) Collections: SDA353 and NS3323Collected by: Noah Siegel & Shannon AdamsLocation: Skykomish, WAHabitat: Abies and TsugaDate: October, 2018Description: Cap: 28-55 mm across, cream to buff. Flesh: plain creamy white, firm. Stipe: 34-44 mm long and 11-17mm wide at stipe apex, abrupt bulb 13mm Lamellae: cream Analysis: Match to... Continue Reading →
= Cortinarius elotoides M.M. Moser & McKnight, Mycotaxon 55: 311 (1995) = Calonarius elotoides (M.M. Moser & McKnight) Niskanen & Liimat., Fungal Diversity 112: 130 (2022) [MB#554412] Calonarius pseudoglaucopus is the valid name for this species. Cortinarius elotoides is a later synonym, for Cortinarius pseudoglaucopus recently transferred to Calonarius pseudoglaucopus. Description: Cap: Inately fibrillose, glutinous, yellow-green,... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius luteicolor is a Calochroid species described from the PNW. It has yellow-green gills, an olive-cap and paler stipe with white cortina.
Cortinarius multiformis Fries, Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 263 (1838)Collection date: October 13, 2018Collector: Shannon AdamsLocation:Skykomish area, WA, USA.Habitat: Willow, Abies, Mountain Hemlock, Western Hemlock Description: Pileus: 35-90mm across, dry, hydrophanous. Cinnamon buff to clay colored in cap center Cap rich yellow ochre, uniform in color with finely roughened texture. Mildly viscid. Flesh: White, silvery flesh Lamellae:... Continue Reading →
Collection date: August 13, 2017Collector: Shannon AdamsLocation: Gale Road, Arthur Iverson Conservation Area, Franklin, MAHabitat: Mixed woods, mostly hemlock, some beech, oak and White pine Description: Pileus: 15-17mm across. Lilac gray, pallid, center of disk fading to tan-grey and margin remaining lilac. Flesh: Grey-tan with purple tones, darker interior, out layer of flesh paler, white.... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius pinguis (Zeller) Peintner & M.M. Moser, Mycotaxon 81: 181 (2002) Description: Pileus: 20-50mm across, rounded convex cap connecting to stipe with heavy membrane, to create a round enclosed ball without visible lamellae. Incurved margins folded or wrinkled at lower margin. Dark olive, tawny to creamy olivaceous yellow. Veil: Purple glutinous veil sometimes observed in moist conditions. Flesh:... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius saxamontanus Fogel, Mycologia 86 (6): 798 (1995) Collection date: 26 May 2018 Collector: Shannon Adams Location: Pipe Creek Snow park – NF141, Blewett Pass, Kittitas County, WA, USA Habitat: Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine Description: Pileus: Dry, margin inrolled. 48-65mm across, dingy yellow at cap margins to ochre at center of disk. Overall, strong yellowish appearance.... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius napus, Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 263 (1838) Collection date: 1st October 2016Collector: Shannon Adams / Noah SiegelLocation: Deering Rd, just south of Island Rd, near Port Renfrew, BC, Canada Description: Pileus: 40-100mm across, convex to broadly convex, margin inrolled when young, becoming downcurved in age. Surface smooth and viscid, foxy or chestnut brown,... Continue Reading →
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