MycoKey : the species Cortinarius alboviolaceus

Generic short diagnoses: Highly variable, ± rusty brown-spored, ectotrophic agarics with attached lamellae and mostly prominent cortina (web-like veil); spores without germ pores and mostly distinctly roughened; differentiated cystidia rarely present.


Cortinarius alboviolaceus - DK: lysviolet slørhat, UK: Pearly Webcap

Cortinarius alboviolaceus , lysviolet slørhat, Pearly Webcap, lysfiolett slørsopp, blekviolett spindling, Lila gordijnzwam, Weißvioletter Dickfuß, Cortinaire blanc-violet
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-99.259

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