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Cortinarius atroviolaceus

Cortinarius atroviolaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Cortinarius
Species: C. atroviolaceus
Binomial name
Cortinarius atroviolaceus
Moser

Cortinarius atroviolaceus is a fungus native to Borneo, where it was originally collected by E.J.H. Corner on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu in 1964 and described by Meinhard Michael Moser in 1986. Specimens from New Zealand classified as this species are probably a different species. It is poorly known.

The mushroom is wholly dark purple with slightly paler flesh, and resembles Cortinarius violaceus though is smaller.




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