Phlegmacium subfoetidum

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Phlegmacium subfoetidum
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Phlegmacium
Species:
P. subfoetidum
Binomial name
Phlegmacium subfoetidum
(A.H.Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
Synonyms

Cortinarius subfoetidus A.H.Sm. (1944)Cortinarius subfoetidus var. bubalinovelatus M.M.Moser & Ammirati (1999)

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Phlegmacium subfoetidum, commonly known as the aromatic lavender webcap, [1] is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. [2] It was previously known as Cortinarius subfoetidus.

Taxonomy

It was described as new to science in 1944 by American mycologist Alexander H. Smith who classified it as Cortinarius subfoetidus. [3] It was placed in Cortinarius (subgenus Phlegmacium).

In 1999 Meinhard Michael Moser and Joe Ammirati published the variety Cortinarius subfoetidus var. bubalinovelatus. [4]

In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Phlegmacium subfoetidum based on genomic data. [5]

Description

The mushroom cap is 3–10 cm wide, convex to flat (sometime umbonate), lavender to pinkish, bluish in age, slimy, smooth, with a fruity odor. [6] The gills are adnate to notched, lilac then brown as the spores mature. [6] The stalk is 5–10 cm tall and 1–2 cm wide, equal or clavate. [6]

Its edibility is unknown, but it is not recommended due to its similarity to deadly poisonous species. [6]

Similar species include Cortinarius griseoviolaceus and C. traganus . [6]

Habitat and distribution

Phlegmacium subfoetidum
Mycological characteristics
Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Umbonate cap icon.svgConvex cap icon.svg Cap is umbonate or convex
Adnexed gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnexed
Cortina stipe icon.png Stipe has a cortina
Transparent spore print icon.svg
 Spore print is brown
Mycorrhizal fungus.svgEcology is mycorrhizal
Mycomorphbox Question.pngEdibility is unknown

Found in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (September 1, 2024). Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to Fungi of the Pacific Northwest. Humboldt County, CA: Backcountry Press. p. 199. ISBN   9781941624197.
  2. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Phlegmacium subfoetidum (A.H. Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  3. 1 2 Smith AH. (1944). "New and interesting Cortinarii from North America". Lloydia. 7 (3): 163–235 (see p. 191).
  4. ↑ Moser MM, Ammirati JF. (1999). "Studies on North American Cortinarii 5. New and interesting Phlegmacia from Wyoming and the Pacific Northwest". Mycotaxon. 72: 289–322 (see p. 301).
  5. ↑ Liimatainen, Kare; Kim, Jan T.; Pokorny, Lisa; Kirk, Paul M.; Dentinger, Bryn; Niskanen, Tuula (2022-01-01). "Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data". Fungal Diversity. 112 (1): 89–170. doi:10.1007/s13225-022-00499-9. hdl: 2299/25409 . ISSN   1878-9129.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 263. ISBN   978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC   797915861.
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