Cortinarius trivialis

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Cortinarius trivialis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Cortinarius
Species:
C. trivialis
Binomial name
Cortinarius trivialis
J.E. Lange, 1940

Cortinarius trivialis is a species of inedible fungus in the genus Cortinarius.[1][2]

The mushroom cap is 3–12 cm (1.2–4.7 in) wide, grayish blue then yellow-brown, convex to flat, perhaps with a mild umbo.[3] The gills are adnate or adnexed, grayish blue turning brown as the spores mature.[3] The stalk is 5–15 cm (2–6 in) tall and 1–2 cm wide, equal or tapered, white to yellow, with whitish partial veil on the upper stalk (becoming brown with the spores).[3]

It was reported as edible as recently as 1991, but European field guides consider it poisonous.[4] It should not be consumed due to its similarity to deadly poisonous species.[3]

Similar species include and Cortinarius cliduchus and C. collinitus.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Cortinarius trivialis J.E. Lange". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. ^ a b c d e Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 265–266. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
  4. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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