Cortinarius infractus var. obscurocyaneus (Secr. ex J. Schröt.) G. Garnier
Docums Mycol. 21(83): 10. 1991.

Common Name: none

• Description

  For description see Bon & Lefebvre & 'California Mushrooms'.

• Habitat

  Solitary to scattered in soil in mixed hardwood-conifer forests; common, fruiting from fall through mid-winter, widely distributed.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  Cortinarius infractus can be recognized by a sooty olive cap, olive young gills, white context tissues, and a cylindrical to clavate (not bulbous), white to pale olive-gray stipe. If the stipe apex is white, it is var. infractus, whereas if the stipe apex is blue, as commonly encountered in California under oaks, it is var. obscurocyaneus. Members of the Cortinarius scaurus complex shares the olive colors of cap and gills but have a bulbous stipe and context tissues with blue, violet, or olive shades.

• References

  Bon, M.; Lefebvre, B. 1991. Commentaires nomenclaturaux. Documents Mycologiques. 21(83): 10. (PDF)
  Desjardin, D.E., Wood, M.G. & Stevens, F.A. (2015). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press: Portland, OR. 560 p.
  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Ron Pastorino: Cortinarius infractus var. obscurocyaneus (CP)
  • Ron Pastorino: Cortinarius infractus var. obscurocyaneus (CP) — spores
  • Mushroom Observer: Cortinarius infractus var. obscurocyaneus (CP)
  
  

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