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Cortinarius sp.
purple, about 2" tall The veil protects the gills in younger specimens and usually disappears leaving little to no trace of itself as the mushroom grows. The spores of a Cortinarius mushroom are rusty brown to brownish red in color. It is usually possible to identify a mushroom as being a member of the genus, but extremely difficult to positively identify the species as many of the species are nearly identical. All mushrooms in this genus form mycorrhizae.
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Spotted this hiking in Bako. Cortinarius is the largest genus of agaric mushroom with over 2000 species.
Spotted on Nov 21, 2001
Submitted on Apr 21, 2011
2 Comments
Thanks Tim, it does look like a species of Cortinarius.
I assume it is Cortinarius sp.