| Cortinarius alboviolaceus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Agaricus glaucopus Pers. (1801) | |
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. Its cap is 3–8 cm wide, conical to umbonate, dry, silky, with whitish to pale lilac flesh. The gills are adnate or adnexed, grayish lilac becoming brown as the spores mature and lend their color. The stalk is 4–8 cm tall and .5–1.5 wide, larger at the base, sometimes with white veil tissue. The odour and taste are indistinct.
Its edibility is considered unknown by some guides but it is not recommended due to its similarity to deadly poisonous species. At least one guide considers it edible, but not recommended. Conflicting accounts indicate that it may itself be poisonous.
Similar species
Similar species include the essentially identical C. griseoviolaceus, as well as Inocybe lilacina. C. camphoratus is similar, but with a foul odour. C. malachius has a grayish cap and, when dry, a scaly surface.
References
Species of fungusCortinarius alboviolaceus Mycological characteristics | |
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 | 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 |
- "Cortinarius alboviolaceus (Pers.) Fr". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cortinarius alboviolaceus |
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| Agaricus alboviolaceus | |
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