MycoKey : the species Cortinarius eucaeruleus

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 eucaeruleus - DK: indigo-slørhat
with C. elegantissimus

Cortinarius eucaeruleus , indigo-slørhat, indigoslørsopp, praktspindling
with C. elegantissimus
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-94.207

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