Cortinarius bolaris (Pers.) Fr. 1838

Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Cortinarius bolaris is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Fagus
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Cortinarius bolaris is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Quercus
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Cortinarius bolaris is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Vaccinium myrtillus
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Cortinarius bolaris Fries, Epicr. Myc. 282. 1838
Agarkus bolaris Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 228. 1821.
Pileus fleshy, convex-expanded, obsoletely umbonate, 3-6 cm. broad; surface variegated by appressed, pink-red, saffron-red, or cinnabar-red, hairy scales on a white ground, dry, fading, the thin incurved margin surpassing the gills; context white, tinged with creamy-yellow, thin, the odor and taste none; lamellae adnate, close, moderately broad, distinct, pallid, soon pale-cinnamon; stipe tapering upward and subequal, 5-6 cm. long, 5-10 mm. thick, stuffed, then hollow, covered like the pileus by red, fibrillose-hairy, appressed scales, sometimes subglabrescent, the flesh becoming saffron or reddish when bruised; cortina white; spores broadly oval to subspheroid, scarcely rough, 6-7 X 5-5.5 /x.
Type locality: Sweden. .
Habitat: Among decaying leaves, in coniferous and mixed forests. m
DistributionNew England to Michigan, and southward to Tennessee; also in Europe.