North American Cortinarius Collections
An ongoing study
Cortinarius calyptratus A.H. Sm. (1939)Collection date: 20th October, 2018Collector: Shannon AdamsCollection ID: SDA 401Location: Buck Creek, Mt Rainier, WAHabitat: Mature forest with old growth component.Western Hemlock, fir and Douglas Fir. Description: Pileus: 39-60mm wide, purple-grey to brown tones, appressed fibrillose, covered in patches of lavender-grey veil tissue. Flesh: light-yellow in cap and bulb and blue-lilac under... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius albidolilacinus, Ammirati, Bojantchev, Beug, Liimat., Niskanen & Garnica, Index Fungorum 241: 1 (2015) Collection date: 21st February, 2017Collection location: Rancho El Tule, Baja California, MexicoCollector: Alan RockefellerHabitat: Live oakRecord on Mushroomobserver.org ITS:ITS sequence 1 base pair away from holotype of Cortinarius albidolilacinus (NR153047.1). Cortinarius albidolilacinus. Photograph by Alan Rockefeller
Cortinarius pholideus (Lilj.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 282 (1838) Collection location: Primrose Campground, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.Habitat: Growing under birch. Collection Date: 26th August, 2014 Collector: Noah SiegelCollection number: AKFF-051-14 DescriptionCap: 33-60 mm across, dry, scaly brown. Stipe: scaly to cortina, smooth above. Gills: Beige to tan. Odor/Taste: No odor, taste mild. ITS:Sequence is a 99% match (720/722)... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius bivelus (Fr.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 292 (1838) Location: Crescent Lake Trail, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Habitat: Growing under birch with aspen and spruce nearby. Collection Date: 27th August, 2014Collector: Noah SiegelCollection Reference: AKFF-116-14 Description:Pileus: Beige to light brown streaked. Gills: clay to warm-tan colored. Cortina: thick white partial veil. Taste/Odor: no odor, sweet taste. ITS:This... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius davemallochii, Ammirati, Niskanen & Liimat., Index Fungorum 196: 2 (2014) Location: Girdwood, Alaska.Habitat: Scattered in sphagnum bog, with Dwarf Birch. Collection Date: Aug 26th, 2014 Collector: Noah SiegelCollection ID: NS1876 Description:Pileus: 20-32 mm across, dingy dark orange brown to dark brown. Gills: Pale olive. Flesh: dark. Stipe: 40-52 mm long, 2-5 mm thick, with dark appressed cortina remnants and... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius caput-medusae H. Lindstr., Cortinarius. Flora photographica 4: 20 (1998) Collection date: 27-Aug-2014Location: Crescent Lake Trail, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Collector: Noah Siegel Description: Pileus: Brown with some olive tones and virgate streaks when young. Stipe: Pink staining on lower stipe. Odor slight radish/earthy, taste mild. Growing under birch, aspen and spruce. ITS> Sequence is a 100%... 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 balteatus (Fr.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 257 (1838)Collection date: 25 August, 2018Collectors: Shannon Adams & Noah SiegelLocation: Girdwood, Alaska, USAHabitat: Mountain hemlock, Spruce, Western hemlock Description: Pileus: 61-116mm across. Cap incurved into maturity. Lilac cap edge in all specimens. Cap colors variable - from lilac when young to tan with lilac margin in mature... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius infucatus Fries, Monographia Hymenomycetum Sueciae 2: 309 (1863)Collection date: 9-Oct-18Collector: Noah SiegelLocation: Skykomish, WA, USAHabitat: 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... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius deceptivus Kauffman (1907) Section: AnomaliCollection date: August 13, 2017Collector: Shannon AdamsLocation: Franklin County, MAHabitat: Mixed woods, mostly hemlock, some beech, oak and White pine Description: Pileus: 17-50mm across. Furry or finely scaly, flesh creamy yellow-lilac blend in middle of cap and more taupe in cap margins. Younger specimens are more generally purple - still... Continue Reading →
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