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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 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 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 →
Cortinarius wiebeae Thiers & A.H. Sm., Mycologia 61: 529 (1969) [MB#329174]= Phlegmacium wiebeae (Thiers & A.H. Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat., Fungal Diversity 112: 154 (2022) Collection date: May 28, 2017Collector: Shannon AdamsLocation: Lake Almanor area, CAHabitat: Mixed fir (white fir, ponderosa pine) Description:Pileus: 39-55mm across. Bright white developing yellowish tan stains.Flesh: Off-white with faint tan... Continue Reading →
North American Cortinarius Collections 