North American Cortinarius Collections
An ongoing study
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 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 →
North American Cortinarius Collections 