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Cortinarius purpurascens.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Bíborbarna pókhálósgomba, rozsdafoltos pókhálósgomba, Bruising Webcap, Cortinaire purpuracé, Purpurfleckender Klumpfuss
Cortinarius purpurascens Mushroom
Ref No: 7107
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Violet or purple, 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

Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) purpurascens [Fr.] Fr.
Purpurfleckender Klumpfuss Bíborbarna pókhálósgomba, rozsdafoltos pókhálósgomba Cortinaire purpuracé Bruising Webcap syn. P. purpurascens ([Fr.]Fr.) Ricken syn. P. porphyropus ([Alb. & Schw.] Fr.) Wünsche s. Ricken Cap 5–15cm across, hemispherical then expanded and often broadly umbonate, margin becoming wavy, tawny-buff to dark umber often violet-tinged and streaked or spotted. Stem 50–120 x 15–25mm, with a marginate or immarginate bulb 20–30mm across, violaceous sometimes discolouring pallid near the base; cortina purplish. Flesh violaceous becoming deep purple when bruised or cut. Taste mild, smell none or very faint but pleasant. Gills purplish-violet then clay-buff to cinnamon, violaceous tinge often persisting, becoming deep purple when bruised. Spore print rust. Spores almond-shaped to elliptic, rough, 8.5–10 x 4.5–6µ. Habitat deciduous and coniferous woods. Season autumn. Occasional. Edibility suspect -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Maggie Drake (United States) - 20 December 2012

I think this is the ID for this mushroom. I am going to put it in some water to make a dye bath with it. Some of the Cortinarius, such as semisanguenius, make good dyes for wool.
Cortinarius purpurascens
Stewart Bullen (United Kingdom) - 12 November 2009

As Roger Phillips says in the Wild Food book, this is a perfectly edible species that both my wife and I have eaten with no ill effect. (True at least for the species in Britain) StewartB
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