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perkysmiles
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Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis?
#19072569 - 11/01/13 10:21 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Habitat: Mixed forest floor.
Gills: Deep blood red, adnexed, close. Quite possibly the prettiest gills I've seen.
I've made them my avatar I thought they were so pretty! 
 
Stem: 3-4 inches long, yellow a brilliant contrast against the gills which reminded me of a blood orange...lol

Cap: convex to umbonate, light to dark mahogany.
 
Spore print color: Still working on it but after a few hours it is starting to look rusty color.
Bruising:
None noticed. After a few hours the stem appears to be bruising a slight brown color.
Other information: gregarious, very shroomy smelling
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: perkysmiles]
#19072914 - 11/01/13 11:44 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Beautiful mushroom PerkySmiles! I think you nailed it on the ID.

Edit: Compare to Cortinarius semisanguineus as well, as they are similar.
Edited by Lhun (11/01/13 11:46 PM)
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perkysmiles
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: Lhun]
#19072946 - 11/01/13 11:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Lhun said: Beautiful mushroom PerkySmiles! I think you nailed it on the ID.

Edit: Compare to Cortinarius semisanguineus as well, as they are similar.
Too bad I don't have an ultraviolet light to differentiate between the two...but the cap seems more like that of the phoenecius variation, although without the ultraviolet light it would be nearly impossible to say. Even microscopically they are VERY similar.
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: perkysmiles]
#19072959 - 11/01/13 11:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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perkysmiles said: the cap seems more like that of the phoenecius variation
My thought exactly.
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: Lhun]
#19073215 - 11/02/13 01:09 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wow beautiful!
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: perkysmiles]
#19074651 - 11/02/13 11:18 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Cortinarius smithii
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ZippyHippyinWA
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Very beautiful perks!
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Lhun
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Quote:
Alan Rockefeller said: Cortinarius smithii
Loosely quoted from the Wiki -
"Cortinarius phoeniceus var. occidentalis was renamed to honor Smith in 2012, after molecular analysis revealed that it was genetically different than Cortinarius phoeniceus. It is found in North America."
Why don't I get these memos?!? 
(Thanks Alan!)
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perkysmiles
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Quote:
Alan Rockefeller said: Cortinarius smithii
So they are or are not synonymous with cortinarius phoenecius var. occidentalis? I'm a little confused.
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: perkysmiles]
#19074734 - 11/02/13 11:39 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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They are, but smithii is the most currently accepted species name.
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perkysmiles
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: Lhun]
#19074743 - 11/02/13 11:42 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Lhun said: They are, but smithii is the most currently accepted species name.
Very cool. So from now on I know to call them cortinarius smithii. They are quite possibly the prettiest mushrooms I have found so far this year.
-------------------- To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget. Arundhati Roy
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Re: Cortinarius Phoenecius var occidentalis? [Re: perkysmiles]
#19074776 - 11/02/13 11:48 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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perkysmiles said: Very cool. So from now on I know to call them cortinarius smithii.
At least this time they made it easier to say for a change.
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