Cortinarius alboviolaceus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Cortinariaceae |
Genus: | Cortinarius |
Species: | C. alboviolaceus
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Binomial name | |
Cortinarius alboviolaceus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Agaricus glaucopus Pers. (1801) |
Cortinarius alboviolaceus is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius native to Europe and North America.
The mushroom is lilac, later yellowing and often becoming whitish/grayish. [2] [3] Its cap is 3–8 cm wide, conical to umbonate, dry, silky, with whitish to pale lilac flesh. [2] [3] The gills are adnate or adnexed, grayish lilac becoming brown as the spores mature and lend their color. [2] The stalk is 4–8 cm tall and .5–1.5 wide, larger at the base, sometimes with white veil tissue. [2] [3] The odour and taste are indistinct. [3]
Its edibility is considered unknown by some guides but it is not recommended due to its similarity to deadly poisonous species. [2] At least one guide considers it edible, but not recommended. [4] Conflicting accounts indicate that it may itself be poisonous. [5]
Similar species include the essentially identical C. griseoviolaceus, as well as Inocybe lilacina. [2] C. camphoratus is similar, but with a foul odour. C. malachius has a grayish cap and, when dry, a scaly surface. [3]
Cortinarius alboviolaceus | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is conical or umbonate | |
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate | |
Stipe has a cortina | |
Spore print is brown | |
Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
Edibility is unknown |
Cortinarius alboviolaceus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Cortinariaceae |
Genus: | Cortinarius |
Species: | C. alboviolaceus
|
Binomial name | |
Cortinarius alboviolaceus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Agaricus glaucopus Pers. (1801) |
Cortinarius alboviolaceus is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius native to Europe and North America.
The mushroom is lilac, later yellowing and often becoming whitish/grayish. [2] [3] Its cap is 3–8 cm wide, conical to umbonate, dry, silky, with whitish to pale lilac flesh. [2] [3] The gills are adnate or adnexed, grayish lilac becoming brown as the spores mature and lend their color. [2] The stalk is 4–8 cm tall and .5–1.5 wide, larger at the base, sometimes with white veil tissue. [2] [3] The odour and taste are indistinct. [3]
Its edibility is considered unknown by some guides but it is not recommended due to its similarity to deadly poisonous species. [2] At least one guide considers it edible, but not recommended. [4] Conflicting accounts indicate that it may itself be poisonous. [5]
Similar species include the essentially identical C. griseoviolaceus, as well as Inocybe lilacina. [2] C. camphoratus is similar, but with a foul odour. C. malachius has a grayish cap and, when dry, a scaly surface. [3]
Cortinarius alboviolaceus | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is conical or umbonate | |
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate | |
Stipe has a cortina | |
Spore print is brown | |
Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
Edibility is unknown |