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Cortinarius salor

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Cortinarius salor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Cortinarius
Subgenus: Cortinarius subg. Myxacium
Species:
C. salor
Binomial name
Cortinarius salor
Fr. 1838

Cortinarius salor is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Cortinarius native to Europe and Asia, spreading as far east as Japan and New Guinea.[1] It is also found in conifer forests of the North American Pacific Northwest.[2]

The mushroom is blue-lilac when young, fading to yellow or tan with age.[2] Similar species include C. anomalus and C. muscigenus.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Horak E, Wood AE (1990). "Cortinarius Fr. (Agaricales) in Australasia. 1. Subgen. Myxacium and subgen. Paramyxacium" (PDF). Sydowia. 42: 88–168.
  2. ^ a b c Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
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