E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Cortinarius ceskae
no common name
Cortinariaceae

Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.

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Species Information

Summary:
Subgenus Dermocybe. Features include 1) conic to umbonate cap that is reddish to rusty brown with an olive tone, 2) ocher flesh, 3) moderately spaced gills with a radish odor, 4) cylindric stem with rusty fibrils on a yellowish background and a yellow base, at least when young, 5) growth under conifers in fall, and 6) spores (6.5)7-8(9) x 4-5 microns. The description is derived from Niskanen(5).

The type is from Victoria, BC.
Cap:
2.0-3.0cm, at first conic, later almost flat, often with an acute umbo; "reddish to rusty brown with an olive tone"
Flesh:
ocher
Gills:
moderately spaced; no notes on young gills, cinnamon brown when old
Stem:
3.0-5.0cm x 0.4-0.5cm at apex, cylindric, "fibrillose-rusty fibrils over yellowish background, base of the stipe yellow, at least when young"
Odor:
in gills radish-like
Microscopic spores:
spores (6.5)7-8(9) x 4-5 microns
Spore deposit:
[presumably close to cinnamon brown]

Habitat / Range

in conifer forest, fall

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Species References

Niskanen(5), Ammirati(3) (re Cortinarius idahoensis)

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