Unknown with violaceous stipe

[BROCSMAN]

This has got me puzzled. Brown to dark brown slightly viscid cap, white stipe with clear purplish colouring around the upper part. This discoloration also seems somewhat viscid. Gills are pale brown.

Can someone identify it please?

[ron1863]

It may be Cortinarius stillatitius - Purple Stocking Webcap but I will probably be shot down in flames

[cybershot]

Cortinarius (possibly stillatitius) may be a potential contender.

P.S. Check out Ron's example in the Gallery

[BROCSMAN]

That certainly looks right to me. Does it have a synonym? Several of my books, including Bon, don't seem to mention it at all.

Thanks.

[cybershot]

The Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota gives:

"Cortinarius stillatitius Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 277 (1838)

Cortinarius pseudosalor J.E. Lange, Fl. Agaric. Danic. 5(Taxonomic Conspectus: ): lll (1940)
Cortinarius integerrimus Kühner, Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon 28: 127 (1959)

Habitat: On acidic soil in mixed deciduous woodland, usually associated with Fagus or Quercus spp., occasionally with Betula spp. or Castanea. Rarely reported with Pinus spp.

Notes: Occasional but widespread and may be locally frequent. Usually reported (as C. pseudosalor) under beech in Britain, but this is a conifer associate in Scandinavia and there may be two taxa involved. "

[mollisia]

Hello,

one more example for different interpretations of names in different parts of the world. At least in Germany and Scandinavia, but may be even in the rest of Europe, C. stillatitius is interpreted as a species with slender stipe and distinct honey-like smell from acid coniferous forests, e.g. Vaccinio-Piceetum, especially when quite wet or at the border of peat bogs. Those from decidous forest, whcih also usually lack the smell like honex, are called C. livido-ochraceus traditionally. But again this taxon has been synonymized with C. elatior, which is a different species in my opinion. So for the moment, I don't know how to call the olivaceous-brownish Myxacium species with violet stipe and small to nearly medium sized fruitbodies from (neutral to basic) decidous forests. May be C. pangloius Moser is a name for it?

best regards,
Andreas