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Cortinarius rufo-olivaceus (Pers.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 268 (1838) [1836-1838]

Agaricus rufo-olivaceus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 285 (1801)
Cortinarius vinosus Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi 2nd Edn: 255 (1883)
Cortinarius testaceus Cooke, Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes) (London) 8: pl. 1188 (1190) (1891)

Habitat: Usually associated with Fagus in old beechwoods on calcareous soil, but reported with other trees, such as Carpinus or Quercus spp., in mixed deciduous woodland.

Notes: Known from England in widely scattered localities from Yorkshire to West Kent and Herefordshire.

Distribution: E: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 109637

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 341
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 198, pl. 235
D+I:, in Brandrud et al., Cortinarius Flora Photographica Volume 2 [English version] 2 (1992), pl. B23

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

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