Cortinarius armillatus, commonly known as the red-banded cortinarius or bracelet cortinarius,[1] is a late summer and autumn (as late as in October) fungus usually found in moist coniferous forests, especially spruced ones. The species grows rarely in North America, but is common in Europe.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Cortinariaceae |
| Genus: | Cortinarius |
| Species: | C. armillatus
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| Cortinarius armillatus | |
Elias Magnus Fries described the species in 1838.[2]
The cap is bell shaped at first, later flattening out, vividly rust-brown becoming slightly paler with age, with small fibrous scales. The cap grows from 5 to 15 cm in diameter. The gills are dark rust-brown; broad, distant and shallowly sinuate. The spores are also rust-brown. The flesh is light brown.
Uses edit
The species is considered either edible but mediocre[3] or inedible.[4] The fruit body has been found to contain orellanine, though at much lower concentrations than the lethal webcaps.[5]
When dyeing cloths, without added metals, it discharges pink, with tin yellow, with copper green and with iron olivic dyes.
References edit
Cortinarius armillatus | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is campanulate or convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate or sinuate |
 | Stipe has a cortina |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is not recommended |
- ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ^ Cortinarius armillatus in MycoBank.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Shao D, Tang S, Healy RA, Imerman PM, Schrunk DE, Rumbeiha WK (2016). "A novel orellanine containing mushroom Cortinarius armillatus". Toxicon. 114: 65–74. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.02.010. PMID 26915341.
External links edit
Media related to Cortinarius armillatus at Wikimedia Commons- Cortinarius armillatus in Index Fungorum
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