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Family Cortinariaceae
Accession Number F15187
Genus Cortinarius
Species violaceus
Species Author (L.)  Gray
Country Canada
Province_State British  Columbia
Location Capilano  River  Regional  Park,  Capilano  Fish  Hatchery,  4500  Capilano  Rd,  North  Vancouver
Latitude N  49°  21’
Longitude W  123°  6’
Altitude 90  m
Date 22/10/2005    (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number DQ384589
Morphological Description
Collector Oliver  Clague
Number OClague1
Other Collectors
Determined by Oliver  Clague
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat Primarily  hemlock  forest,  on  ground  (under  a  hemlock  tree)
DNA  sequence  in  GeneBank
Name  of  Sequencer Oliver  Clague
Specimen Images
Image of PICT3384.JPG
Cap  shape  when  mature 3 convex  to  plane
phylum Basidiomycota
material  collected gilled  mushroom
morphology  summary Material  collected:  gilled  mushroom
Habit:  1  solitary  or  scattered
Color  of  top  surface:  14  purple,  violet,  or  lilac
Spore  print  color:  10  rust  brown  (reddish  brown)
Spore  length:  13
Spore  width:  7.5
Flesh  hardness:  2  firm,  fleshy
Cap  shape  when  mature:  3 convex  to  plane
Cap  width:  4
Cap  surface  texture:  4  hairy,  include  velvety
Cap  stickiness:  5  moist  feel
Stipe  length:  110
Gill  attachment:  1  adnate
Time  Modified 11:16:13
Date  Created 04/12/2005
mycology project ID 159