Comprehensive Description
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Cortinarius sanguineus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 288. 1838
Agaricus sanguineus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 229. 1821.
Pileus fleshy, obtuse or umbonate, campanulate, 2-4 cm. broad; surface dry, innately silky or minutely scaly, opaque, dark-blood-red; context blood-red, thin on the margin, the odor mild, the taste slightly that of radish; lamellae adnate, rather broad, close, dark-bloodred; stipe elongate in moss, equal or tapering, 5-10 cm. long, 3-7 mm. thick, stuffed, then hollow, relatively slender, blood-red, darker where bruised; cortina fibrillose, red-tinged; spores narrow-ellipsoid, roughish, 7-8 X 4^5 /x, red-tinged.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: On deep moss, in coniferous forests. t
Distribution: New York and Michigan; also in Europe.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill, Lee Oras Overholts, Calvin Henry Kauffman. 1932. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars), HYPODENDRUM, CORTINARIUS. North American flora. vol 10(5). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Cortinarius puniceus: Brief Summary
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Cortinarius puniceus is a species of fungus in the genus Cortinarius. It is closely related to Cortinarius sanguineus, which grows under conifers.
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