Cortinarius laniger
Epicr. syst. mycol.: 292. 1838.
Common Name: none
For descriptions see Kauffman, Knudsen & Vesterholt (2008), Arora, Siegel & Schwarz, and 'California Mushrooms'.
Solitary to scattered to gregarious in soil under conifers; fruiting in fall, widely distributed; uncommon.
Unknown.
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.
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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. (2008). Funga Nordica: Agaricoid, boletoid and cyphelloid genera. Nordsvamp: Copenhagen, Denmark. 965 p. (PDF)
Knudsen, H. & Vesterholt, J. ed. (2012). Funga Nordica: Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gastroid genera. Vol. 2. Nordsvamp: Copenhagen, Denmark. 572 p.
Kuyper, T.W., Nuytinck, J., Noordeloos, M.E. & Vellinga, E.C. (2024). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica -- Critical monographs on the families of agarics and boleti occurring in the Netherlands and Flanders. Volume 8. Cortinarious. Candusso Editrice: Origgio, Italy. 844 p.
Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2024). Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest. Backcountry Press: Keeland, CA. 576 p.
