Cortinarius purpureus (Pers.) Fuckel, in Bidaud, Moënne-Loccoz, Reumaux & Henry, Atlas des Cortinaires (Meyzieu) 6: 191 (1994) Cortinarius miltinus sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. Fung. 774 (785) Vol. 6 (1886)], sensu auct. Agaricus purpureus Pers., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 12: tab. 558, fig. 1 (1792) Agaricus phoeniceus Vent., Histoire des champignons 2: 647 (1812) Cortinarius phoeniceus (Vent.) Maire, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 27(4): 434 (1911) Dermocybe phoenicea (Vent.) M.M. Moser, Schweiz. Z. Pilzk. 52(9): 130 (1974)
Habitat: On acidic soil amongst leaf and needle litter with conifers such as Picea or Pinus spp., and also known with Betula spp.
Notes: Rarely reported but apparently widespread. However, many of the records are old and unsubstantiated with voucher material.
Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 30701
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), as Cortinarius phoeniceus, p. 284 I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Cortinarius phoeniceus, p. 329 D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 148, pl. 161 D+I:, in Brandrud et al., Cortinarius Flora Photographica Volume 3 [English version] 3 (1994), pl. C47
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