Jump to content

Cortinarius alboviolaceus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Cortinarius griseoviolaceus)

Cortinarius alboviolaceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Cortinarius
Species:
C. alboviolaceus
Binomial name
Cortinarius alboviolaceus
(Pers.) Fr. (1838)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus glaucopus Pers. (1801)
Inoloma alboviolaceum (Pers.) Wünsche (1877)

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

[edit]

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]

References

[edit]
Cortinarius alboviolaceus
View the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following list
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
  1. ^ "Cortinarius alboviolaceus (Pers.) Fr". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
  3. ^ a b c d e Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  4. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  5. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.