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location: North America, Europe |
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige |
normal size: 5-15cm |
cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
stem type: Bulbous base of stem |
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
spore colour: Rusty brown |
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Cortinarius porphyropus Fr. subgenus Phlegmacium Cap 3-7cm across, convex then flat: pallid ochre to buffy brown: sticky at first. Gills adnexed; purple, bruising deeper purple. Stem 40-90 x 5-12mm, base swollen bulbous; violet at the apex, whitish elsewhere, bruising purple. Flesh pallid but bruising purplish. Odor slight. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, warty, 9.3-10.9 x 5.3-6.3µ, quotient 1.75. Deposit rusty brown. Habitat in frondose woods, especially- beech and birch. Occasional. Found Europe and in New England and New York northward. Season September-October. Not edible. Comment The way all parts bruise dark purple is distinctive. |
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