Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas - Occurrence Profile

Bell Museum fungi (MIN:Fungi)

Catalog #: 839782

Occurrence ID: 1df02d93-7751-400e-ba02-9113d765a2cf

Secondary Catalog #: 1300745

Taxon: Cortinarius violaceus (L.) Gray

Family: Cortinariaceae

Determiner: McLaughlin, David

Collector: McLaughlin, David

Number: DJM824

Date: 1993-08-27

Verbatim Date: 8/27/1993

Locality: United States, Minnesota, Lake, George Crosby Manitou State Park, along Yellow Birch Trail

Latitude/Longitude: 47.78 -91.11

Habitat: in upland above stream, under yellow birch

Associated Taxa: yellow birch, cedar, spruce, maple

Description: partial veil cobwebby; pileus 7.3cm wide, dry,scaly, deep grayish purple, blackish purple; hymenophore 1.2 cm wide, sinuate, very dark grayish purple w strong orange overtones; gills subdistant; stipe dry, striate above, scaly below, dark gray above, deep purplish gray below; 11.6x1.2cm. Flesh grayish to dark grayish purple. Odor mild, taste mild.

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Rights Holder: Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

Access Rights: Users are required to adhere to Bell Museum collections policy. Questions may be directed to the curator in charge.

Record ID: 1df02d93-7751-400e-ba02-9113d765a2cf

For additional information about this specimen, please contact: collections manager Timothy Whitfeld (museum-herbarium@umn.edu)

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