Cortinarius laniger Fr.
Epicr. syst. mycol.: 292. 1838.

Common Name: none

• Description

  For descriptions see Kauffman, Arora, Siegel & Schwarz, & 'California Mushrooms'.

• Habitat

  Solitary to scattered to gregarious in soil under conifers; fruiting in fall, widely distributed; uncommon.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Cortinarius laniger can be recognized by a broadly bell-shaped, dry, hygrophanous cap with reddish brown to cinnamon-brown shades, bright cinnamon-brown young gills, and a white, cylindrical to club-shaped stipe covered with silky fibrils and often with bands, patches, or a ring-like annular zone. Many Cortinarius species in California with hygrophanous brown caps and cylindrical stipes belong to the difficult subgenus Telamonia. More work is needed to clarify their taxonomic status.

• References

  Arora, D. (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 959 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)
  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Noah Siegel: Cortinarius laniger (CP)
  • Ryan Snow: Cortinarius laniger (CP)
  • Ron Pastorino: Cortinarius laniger (CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Cortinarius laniger (CP)
  • Burke Herbarium Image Collection: Cortinarius laniger (D & CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 451 (D)
  • Davis, Sommer, & Menge: p. 259-260 (D & CP)
  • Phillips: p. 158-159 (D & CP)
  • Trudell & Ammirati: p. 154 (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)