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CORTINARIUS
This species is fairly common and can be recognized by the silvery-shining
appearance with the slight violet tinge, which is especially noticeable in the
stipe and young lamellae.
CORTINARIUS ARMILLATUS (Fr.) Kummer Edible
Figure 260, page 173
piLEUS 2-5 in. broad, fleshy, convex becoming expanded to plane, tawny
reddish to brick-red, moist, innately fibrillose, margin decurved, becoming flat
in age. flesh rather thin, paUid, somewhat spongy, odor shghtly of radish,
taste mild, lamellae adnate, sometimes sinuate, broad, distant, at first pale
cinnamon, then dark rusty brown, stipe about IVi-^Vi
in. long, %-% in.
thick at the apex, up to 1 Yi in. thick below, clavate, brownish or reddish
brown, with several orange-red or cinnabar-red bands from the universal veil,
soHd. SPORES brown, eUipsoid, rough, 10-13 X 7-8 m-
Solitary or in groups on the ground in coniferous woods. Usually Aug.-
Sept.
The distinguishing character of this species is the series of red bands on
the stipe, and it is not Hkely to be confused with any other species. C. haematochelis
(Bull.) Fr. has a single red band on the stipe instead of several, but some
authors regard this as only a form of C. armillatus.
CORTINARIUS COLLIN ITUS Fr. Edible
Figure 257, page 173
PILEUS 1 1/4-3 in. broad, fleshy, convex to plane, variable in color, usually
yellowish to orange-yellow, sometimes whitish when young and sometimes
with lilac tints near the margin, very viscid when moist, the margin at first
incurved, finally becoming upturned, flesh whitish to pale yellowish buff*;
odor and taste mild, lamellae adnate with a tooth, close, fairly broad, at first
pale violet or paUid, when mature becoming dull reddish brown, stipe about
21/2-41/2 in. long, %-l i/i in. thick, equal or tapering shghtly at the base,
spongy-stuff'ed, covered with the pale violaceous or whitish, viscid, universal
veil which cracks transversely leaving thick, irregular bands or patches, at first
whitish then becoming stained rusty or yellowish especially toward the base,
with the cortina forming a collapsed ring above, and the apex of the stipe
white and silky, spores rusty brown, almond-shaped, rough, 11-15 X 7-8.5 /u.
Usually in groups on the ground in either coniferous or deciduous
woods. Aug.-Oct.
This species was described by Kauff*man under the name Cortinarius
mucifluus Fr. but, according to the International Rules of Nomenclature,
C. collinitus is the correct name. It is a fairly easy species to recognize because
of the very viscid pileus and stipe, the pale-yellowish colors, and the whitish
patches on the stipe. It shows considerable variation in the amount of lilac
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