Phlegmacium subfoetidum

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.[1] 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.[2] It was placed in Cortinarius (subgenus Phlegmacium).

In 1999 Meinhard Michael Moser and Joe Ammirati published the variety Cortinarius subfoetidus var. bubalinovelatus.[3]

In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Phlegmacium subfoetidum based on genomic data.[4]

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

Its edibility is unknown, but it is not recommended due to its similarity to deadly poisonous species.[5]

Similar species include Cortinarius griseoviolaceus and C. traganus.[5]

Habitat and distribution

Phlegmacium subfoetidum
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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.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Species Fungorum - Phlegmacium subfoetidum (A.H. Sm.) Niskanen & Liimat". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e 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.