Family: Cortinariaceae
Cortinarius camphoratus
(Fr.) Fr.
Subgenus Sericeocybe
Cortinarius camphoratus | Iditarod Trail-Girdwood
KEY ID FEATURES
- Growing under spruce and hemlock.
- Light purple, lilac or silvery-violet in color fading to grayish brown in age.
- Smells terrible often described as rotting potatoes.
- Member of the Cortinarius subgenus Sericeocybe.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal
SPORE PRINT: Rusty Brown
EDIBILITY: Unknown, do not experiment with Corts!
SIMILAR SPECIES: C. alboviolaceus, C. traganus
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-147-14
- LOCATION: Iditarod Trail-Girdwood
- DATE: 1-Sep-14
- NOTES: Pungent odor of rotting potatoes. Silvery-violet cap fading to grayish brown, violet gills becoming grayish to rusty brown, violet to beige flesh, hollow stipe. Growing under spruce and hemlock. Taste disagreeable, like odor.
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