Cortinarius magellanicus Speg.

  • Filed As

    Agaricaceae
    Cortinarius magellanicus Speg.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 5770, 27 Feb 1988

  • Location

    Argentina. Tierra del Fuego. Ushuaia (Dept.). E. of Ushuaia, Valle de Tierra Mayor,.

  • Habitat

    Antarctic beech forest. Nothofagus pumilio. gregarious. soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 2-4 cm broad, dark magenta (13F8) when young and fresh, fading to a grayish magenta (13D-E7,6) with age, eventually dull ochraceous on disc, glutinous overall. Flesh dull magenta, unchanging, with mild odor and taste. Lamellae adenxed to emarginate, pallid at first soon concolorous with pileus or somewhat paler, losing magenta tones with age, close and broad, with even nonmarginate edges. Stipe 2.5-6 cm long, 0.5-1 cm broad, ±equal to slighty broader below, concolorous with pileus, but paler toward base, glutinous but dry and silky shiny above annular zone.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1034366

    Occurrence ID: 5cd3c419-abfe-4a95-a7e3-b94bb69014ce

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Argentina

  • State/Province

    Tierra del Fuego

  • County/Municipio

    Ushuaia (Dept.)

  • Locality

    E. of Ushuaia, Valle de Tierra Mayor,

  • Coordinates

    -54.72, -68.38

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