Cortinariaceae

Found in Europe, North America and in paramos of Central America.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/fungi/index.html

Cortinarius violaceus Violet WebcapSlo.: vijoliasta koprenkaDate: Oct. 13. 2009Lat.: 46.38253 Long.: 13.78549Code: Bot_392/2009-6401Habitat: Young open mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus silvaticus, mossy, humid ground, quite moist and shaded, no sun during winter months, nearly flat calcareous terrain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 830 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mossy groundPlace: Zadnjica valley, lower Strunik place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Spore print saturated orange-rusty brown, abundant. Smell slight, of cedar wood. Ref.:M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 222R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 711R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Mayer (2008), p 269www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5470~sou...

Cortinarius violaceus Violet WebcapSlo.: vijoliasta koprenkaDate: Oct. 13. 2009Lat.: 46.38253 Long.: 13.78549Code: Bot_392/2009-6401Habitat: Young open mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus silvaticus, mossy, humid ground, quite moist and shaded, no sun during winter months, nearly flat calcareous terrain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 830 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mossy groundPlace: Zadnjica valley, lower Strunik place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Spore print saturated orange-rusty brown, abundant. Smell slight, of cedar wood. Ref.:M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 222R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 711R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Mayer (2008), p 269www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5470~sou...

Cortinarius violaceus Violet WebcapSlo.: vijoliasta koprenkaDate: Oct. 13. 2009Lat.: 46.38253 Long.: 13.78549Code: Bot_392/2009-6401Habitat: Young open mixed wood, Picea abies and Fagus silvaticus, mossy, humid ground, quite moist and shaded, no sun during winter months, nearly flat calcareous terrain, average precipitations ~3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 830 m (2.700 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: mossy groundPlace: Zadnjica valley, lower Strunik place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia ECComment: Spore print saturated orange-rusty brown, abundant. Smell slight, of cedar wood. Ref.:M.Bon, Pareys Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 222R.M.Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 711R.Lueder, Grundkurs Pilzbestimmung, Quelle & Mayer (2008), p 269www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5470~sou...

A species found in Europe and northern North America. For some reason also known as the Gassy Webcap.

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra, Russia

Photographed in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada

Photographed in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada

The Saffron Webcap is mainly reported from Europe and western North America.

Photographed in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada

Photographed in Manning Park, British Columbia, Canada

A slimy species found in Europe and western North America.

Cortinarius variusContrary WebcapSlo.: arasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 18. 2013Lat.: 46.41651 Long.:13.62648Code: Bot_763/2013_DSC8841Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Log pod Mangartom, upper Loka Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionablw, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide.Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. 10-12/5.5-6(3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. 10-12/5-7(4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184. 9.5-11/5.5-6.5

Cortinarius variusContrary WebcapSlo.: arasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 18. 2013Lat.: 46.41651 Long.:13.62648Code: Bot_763/2013_DSC8841Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Log pod Mangartom, upper Loka Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionablw, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide.Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. 10-12/5.5-6(3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. 10-12/5-7(4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184. 9.5-11/5.5-6.5

Cortinarius variusContrary WebcapSlo.: arasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 18. 2013Lat.: 46.41651 Long.:13.62648Code: Bot_763/2013_DSC8841Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Log pod Mangartom, upper Loka Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionablw, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide.Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. 10-12/5.5-6(3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. 10-12/5-7(4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184. 9.5-11/5.5-6.5

Cortinarius variusContrary WebcapSlo.: arasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 18. 2013Lat.: 46.41651 Long.:13.62648Code: Bot_763/2013_DSC8841Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Log pod Mangartom, upper Loka Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionablw, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide.Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. 10-12/5.5-6(3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. 10-12/5-7(4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184. 9.5-11/5.5-6.5

Cortinarius variusContrary WebcapSlo.: arasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 18. 2013Lat.: 46.41651 Long.:13.62648Code: Bot_763/2013_DSC8841Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Log pod Mangartom, upper Loka Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionablw, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide.Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. 10-12/5.5-6(3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. 10-12/5-7(4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184. 9.5-11/5.5-6.5

Cortinarius variusContrary WebcapSlo.: arasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 18. 2013Lat.: 46.41651 Long.:13.62648Code: Bot_763/2013_DSC8841Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Log pod Mangartom, upper Loka Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionablw, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide.Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. 10-12/5.5-6(3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. 10-12/5-7(4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184. 9.5-11/5.5-6.5

Cortinarius variusContrary WebcapSlo.: arasta koprenkaDat.: Oct. 18. 2013Lat.: 46.41651 Long.:13.62648Code: Bot_763/2013_DSC8841Habitat: mixed wood edge of a small alpine pasture, Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies dominant, found under Picea abies, moderately south inclined terrain, calcareous ground,shallow soil layer, half shade, partly protected from direct rain by tree canopies, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 775 m (2.550 feet), alpine phytogeographical region.Substratum: soil.Place: Log pod Mangartom, upper Loka Koritnica valley, south slopes of Mt. Mali vrh, 1991 m, near Ganza farm house, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comments: Growing solitary; pileus diameter up to 11 cm, stipe 7 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, its base 3.5 cm in diameter; taste and smell mushroomy, pleasant; SP abundant, red brown, oac720. Determination to some extent questionablw, spores are of the right shape and surface, but they are a little bit too wide.Spores finely warty, warts hardly visible with my scope. Dimensions:11.4 (SD = 0.4) x 6.9 (SD = 0.3) , Q = 1.65 (SD = 0.08), n = 30. Olympus CH20, NEA 100x/1.25, magnification 1.000 x, oil, in water. AmScope MA500 digital camera.Herbarium: Mycotheca and lichen herbarium (LJU-Li) of Slovenian Forestry Institute, Vena pot 2, Ljubljana, Index Herbariorum LJFRef.:(1) Personal communication, IDed by Mr. Bohan Rot. www.gobenabovskem.si(2) R.M. Daehncke, 1200 Pilze in Farbfotos, AT Verlag (2009), p 750. 10-12/5.5-6(3) M. Bon, Parey's Buch der Pilze, Kosmos (2005), p 206. 10-12/5-7(4) R. Phillips, Mushrooms, Macmillan (2006), p 184. 9.5-11/5.5-6.5

Atlas des champignons comestibles et veneneuxParis,P. Klincksieck,1891.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3270832

suviseitikkiHelsinki, Finland2009-05-29

Found mainly in the Douglas Fir/Hemlock forests of the Pacific Northwest.