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5 Records
Status
Found solitary or in groups on ground in coniferous or hardwood forests.
Description
Cap: Reddish-ochre to brown with purple tints in age; surface cracks into scales in age; hemispherical, then convex with incurved margin (flat in age); flesh pale violet. Gills: Purple or purple-brown. Stalk: Ochre brown with dark brown fibers; ring-like zone, then violet woolly hairs covering enormous bulb at base (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
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Cortinarius squamulosus (fruiting body) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2009).
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Joanne Solem.
Cortinarius squamulosus (gills) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2009).
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Joanne Solem.
Cortinarius squamulosus in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2009). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Cortinarius squamulosus in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2009). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Spores collected from a Cortinarius squamulosus specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2009). Nearly round/broadly elliptical, roughened; measured 7.8-8.4 X 5.1-6.4 microns.
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Robert Solem.
Spores collected from a Cortinarius squamulosus specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/23/2009). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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