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Cortinarius archeri

Cortinarius archeri

Description:

A very attractive mushroom when young. About 130mm tall and the same wide. Pileus flat to slightly depressed at centre, brown to lilac with lilac margin, viscid; stipe thick, straight, ring covered with tan-orange spore, lilac coloured below ring, paler to white above ring, scaly; gills simple, dense, pale brown.

Habitat:

From open ground under sparse eucalyptus with occasional native pine species.

Notes:

This one getting older; younger ones have a very strong purple colour particularly on the top which fades to brown with age. A native of Australia but has been found elsewhere like in Calif. USA Distribtion in Australia http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cortinariu...

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1 Comment

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Nice series!

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jul 7, 2013
Submitted on Jul 9, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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