Cortinarius violaceus
Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 628. 1821.
Common Name: none
For descriptions see Kauffman, Arora, Siegel & Schwarz, & 'California Mushrooms'.
Solitary to scattered in soil under conifers; northern California, Mendocino Co. north.
Edible, but generally considered mediocre.
This beautiful Cortinarius can be recognized by its violet sporocarps with dry velvety-scaly caps and dry fibrillose stipes.
Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 p.
Brandrud, T.E., Lindström, H., Marklund, H., Melot, J. & Muskos, S. (1994). Cortinarius Flora Photographica, Vol. 3. Cortinarius HB: Matfors, Sweden. 60 il + 35 p.
Breitenbach, J. & Kränzlin, F. (2000). Fungi of Switzerland. Volume 5: Agarics (3rd Part). Cortinariaceae. Verlag Mykologia: Luzern, Switzerland. 338 p.
Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
Kauffman, C.H. (1924). Cortinarius. N. Am. Flora 10(5): 282-348. (PDF)
Knudsen, H. & Vesterholt, J. ed. (2012). Funga Nordica: Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gastroid genera. Vol. 2. 572 p.
Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
— note the cap texture
