Created: 2008-11-13 09:42:08

By: Dimitar Bojantchev (dimitar)

Summary: Cortinarius sanguineus.

Comment: After reviewing the dry material sent to me by Dorothy Beebee, there is no doubt in my mind that this is Cortinarius sanguineus. The other probable species C. californicus has larger and rougher spores. Plus, per D. Beebee it tends to produce brownish pigments. D. sierraensis is out of question as it is a very narrow habitat species known only from the High Sierras under Lodgepole Pine (per J. Ammirati who named it, as well as regularly collects both in the mountains and on the coast and ought to know).

I can’t add the spore shot image to the observation — here it is:

http://mushroomhobby.com/...

There’s Nothing impressive about the spores of C. sanguineus…