Cortinarius harrisonii Ammirati, Niskanen & Liimat.

Filed As

Agaricaceae
Cortinarius harrisonii Ammirati, Niskanen & Liimat. ( paratype )

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 2331, 24 Sep 1977

Location

United States of America. Massachusetts. Hampshire Co. Hadley. Rt. 47, vicinity of Skinner State Park.

Habitat

Decideuous forest. Quercus, Fagus, Acer, Betula, Tsuga. Gregarious. On soil.

Description

Pileus 3-5 cm broad, convex to broadly subumbonate; surface dry, fibnrillose, reddish (8,9C-D8) to dark reddish brown (9E8) on the disc and becoming plaer (8D7) toward the margin with age. Margin enitire when young (cortina not observed), becoming laciniate when old. Context 8-10 mm thick, water soaked, but appearing reddish spotted to (7B6,5). Lamellae adnate to arcuate, with 3 tiers of lamellulae, with even non-margiante margins, up to 5 mm wide, slightly bulbous at the base, or tapering downward witha ge; surface dry, concolorous with pileus below, and fibrils above also concolorous but there on a orangish brown ground color (5,6B6). Context fibrous and water soaked, dark cinnamon brown at base, becoming paler above. Taste mild to none, with taste raphanoid to none. KOH(+) NH4OH(+) maroon purple on context and cuticle of pileus and stipe.

Notes (shown on label)

paratype

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 1930245

Occurrence ID: 8a9eabb1-6a57-46ce-bd59-47f30e32f96c

GenBank

U56060 (ITS)

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