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Cortinarius caerulescens (Schaeff.) Fr., in Bidaud, Moënne-Loccoz, Reumaux & Henry, Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 265 (1838) [1836-1838]

Agaricus caerulescens Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 1: 17 (1762)
Agaricus cyanus β caerulescens (Schaeff.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 277 (1801)
Cortinarius cyanus var. caerulescens (Schaeff.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 627 (1821)
Cortinarius caesiocyaneus Britzelm., Zur Hymenomycetenkunde 1: 10 (1895)

Habitat: On soil, usually associated with Fagus in old deciduous woodland.

Notes: British collections only from scattered sites in southern and south-western England. Records from elsewhere are all old and lack voucher material.

Distribution: E: !, S: ?, W: ?, NI: ?

Vouchers: England: K(M) 27590

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 294
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 339
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 170, pl. 193
D+I:, in Brandrud et al., Cortinarius Flora Photographica Volume 2 [English version] 2 (1992), pl. B51

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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