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Phlegmacium subfoetidum

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Species of fungus

Phlegmacium subfoetidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

Phlegmacium subfoetidum is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. 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. It was placed in Cortinarius (subgenus Phlegmacium).

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

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

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. The gills are adnate to notched, lilac then brown as the spores mature. The stalk is 5–10 cm tall and 1–2 cm wide, equal or clavate.

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

Similar species include Cortinarius griseoviolaceus and C. traganus.

Habitat and distribution

Species of fungus
Phlegmacium subfoetidumView the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following listMycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is umbonate or convex
Hymenium is adnexed
Stipe has a cortina
Spore print is brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

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

See also

References

  1. "Species Fungorum - Phlegmacium subfoetidum (A.H. Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. ^ Smith AH. (1944). "New and interesting Cortinarii from North America". Lloydia. 7 (3): 163–235 (see p. 191).
  3. 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).
  4. 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.
  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.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Cortinarius subfoetidus
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