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Cortinarius alboglobosus Kytöv., Liimat., Niskanen & Ammirati, Index Fungorum 186: 1 Description:Cap 35 - 110 mm across, convex to broadly convex, dry, at first white and finely fibrillose with with pinkish-ochre tones, becoming buff then pale ochre to pale brown, often with cracks and scales forming, gills light clay colored to tan and cinnamon brown,... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius elegantio-occidentalis Garnica & Ammirati: 13 + Additional file 3: 23 (2011) Description:Cap 40 - 150 mm wide, smooth to radially fibrillose, yellow-ochre, olive-yellow to yellow-brown in age, edge and disc lighter (yellow to buff) viscid at first, then dry, gills pale yellow to olive then ochre brown when mature, stipe bulbous, 55 - 100... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius collinitus (Sowerby) Gray, A natural arrangement of British plants 1: 628 (1821) [MB#225177] DescriptionCap 30 - 75 mm, convex with obtuse umbo, viscid, slimy, ochre to dark red-brown when moist, paler at margin, drying to brassy yellow-brown to yellow-ochre at margin, sometimes with darker brown blotches, Gills greyish, cream, to pale brown, later cinnamon... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius microspermus J.E. Lange, Flora Agaricina Danica 5: iii (1940) [MB#271088] Description:Cap 35 - 50 mm wide, pileus tawny yellow to red-brown on the disc, margin cream to white, viscid, gills pale clay-colored then milky-coffee to light ochre, stipe 30 - 80 mm long, 8 - 15 mm at apex, white or creamy-yellow with white... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius alboviolaceus (Pers.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 280 (1838) [MB#199674] Description:Cap 20 - 70 mm wide, viscid to dry, convex to plane with undulating margin, color variable ranging from silvery white to grey to lavender-gray, tan to yellow-ochre center common in mature specimens, cap margin slightly upturned and thin appearing paler than cap, covered in... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius traganus (Fr.) Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 281 (1838) [MB#164677] Description: Cap 40 - 90 mm wide, hemispherical when young, then convex to plane, surface dry, tomentose, often cracked and scaled with age, lilac when young, fading to lilac-grey or pallid brown, gills ochre when young, darkening to rust brown, never lilac or purple toned,... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius laniger Fr., Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici: 292 (1838) The ITS region is the standard for Cortinarius phylogeny and species deliniation. However, there are known areas where species that appear morphologically distinct show slight ITS variation - below the typically accepted threshold of 99% (established in Garnica et al 2016). The case of Cortinarius laniger, solis-occasus... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius subminiatopus Kytöv., Niskanen & Liimat., Index Fungorum 344: 3 (2017) Description:Cap 6 - 25 mm wide, conical to sub-umbonate, smooth, silky, coffee brown on disc to salmon pink on margin, cortina orange-pink to scarlet on cap margin and lower stipe, most vivid on button but present on all specimens, gills pinkish-orange to cinnamon, stipe... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius violaceus (L.) Gray, A natural arrangement of British plants 1: 628 (1821) Description:Cap 40 - 150 mm wide, convex, dry, covered with velvety tufts or scales, giving a furred appearance, dark violet to deep purple, stipe 60 - 150 mm long, 10 - 20 mm wide at apex, clavate cortina purple, sparse, flesh deep... Continue Reading →
Cortinarius pallidifolius A.H. Sm. (1939) [MB#253771] Description:Cap 42- 90 mm across, umbonate to plane to upturned, with persistent umbo, heavily glutinous, tawny-ochre, then yellow-ochre on margin, tawny- ochre on disc, cortina white under thick gelatinous, yellow-brown veil, gills off-white to buff, becoming cinnamon brown, stipe 58 - 83 mm long, 8-10 mm thick at apex, clavate, covered with glutinous yellow-brown... Continue Reading →
North American Cortinarius Collections 