Cortinarius or Inocybe? for ID Help PLease

Lancashire Lad · #1 (**permalink**) 13-10-2010, 11:27 AM

Recent finds which I'm strugging to identify. Any help much appreciated.

No.1
Small Cortinarius approx 50mm tall, growing in sandy soil below Pine/Birch/Alder.
Unfortunately, I have somehow managed to corrupt the file for the gill shot, but the gills were adnate, not too crowded, and strikingly bright violet.
The cap had a velvety/felty texture.
Could this be Cortinarius violaceous ?

No.2
Large troupes of these growing below Spruce & Pine.
Cap sizes to approx. 50mm stipes to approx. 50mm tall.
I'm thinking Cortinarius, but haven't been able to get beyond that.

No.3
Growing in moss covered sandy bank on edge of open coastal dunes area, but with Alder & Scots Pine within twenty metres.
Due to the fibrous texture of the caps, I'm thinking possiblyInocybe

Caps approx 40mm, stipes approx 50mm.

Any ID suggestions much appreciated.
Regards,
Mike.

Chris Yeates · #2 (**permalink**) 13-10-2010, 05:27 PM

hi Mike

top one - not sure (might help to be able to see gills - edit just seen your apology

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second one Tubaria sp.

third one looks like a Tricholoma to me - there are several like this in section Terrea; (Inocybe would give you a snuff-brown spore-print - trust me it's worth checking these things before jumping to a genus based on a single character