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Cortinarius variicolor (Pers.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 259 (1838) [1836-1838]

Cortinarius varius sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. Fung. 689 (698) Vol. 5 (1887)]
Cortinarius crassus sensu auct. brit.
Agaricus variicolor Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 280 (1801)
Agaricus variicolor var. nemorensis Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 259 (1838)
Cortinarius variicolor var. nemorensis (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 259 (1838) [1836-1838]
Cortinarius nemorensis (Fr.) J.E. Lange, Fl. Agaric. Danic. 5(Taxon. Consp.): lll (1940)

Habitat: On acidic soil associated with Picea or Pinus spp.

Notes: Known from widely scattered localities in Scotland (Easterness, Mid-Perthshire and Westerness). Reported from England but unsubstantiated with voucher material.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, NI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 106067; Scotland: K(M) 109648; NI: K(M) 83349

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Cortinarius variecolor, p. 337
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 189
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), as Cortinarius variecolor, p. 204, pl. 246
D+I:, in Brandrud et al., Cortinarius Flora Photographica Volume 2 [English version] 2 (1992), as Cortinarius variecolor, pl. B20

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

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