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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Cortinariaceae: Cortinarius violaceus (L.) Gray, 1821

Cortinarius violaceus – Violet webcap

Synonyms: Agaricus violaceus, Amanita araneosa, Gomphos violaceus, Inoloma violaceum.

Common name: violet webcap.

Russian name: Pautinnik fioletovyy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Cortinarius violaceus, commonly known as the violet webcap or violet cort, is a fungus in the webcap genus Cortinarius native across the Northern Hemisphere. The fruit bodies are dark purple mushrooms with caps up to 15 cm (6 in) across, sporting gills underneath. The stalk measures 6 to 12 centimetres (2 ⁄3 to 4 ⁄3 in) by 1 to 2 centimetres (⁄8 to ⁄4 in), sometimes with a thicker base. The dark flesh has a smell reminiscent of cedar wood. Forming symbiotic (ectomycorrhizal) relationships with the roots of various plant species, C. violaceus is found predominantly in conifer forests in North America and deciduous forests in Europe.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Violet webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius violaceus</B>) in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-08-09.htm">August 9, 2016</A>
LinkViolet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius violaceus) in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Pesochnyy, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Violet webcap mushroom (<B>Cortinarius violaceus</B>) in Mshinskaya, Luga Region. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2016-09-02.htm">September 2, 2016</A>
LinkViolet webcap mushroom (Cortinarius violaceus) in Mshinskaya, Luga Region. Russia, September 2, 2016
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188267
Violet webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius violaceus</B>) on dry reeds near the Gulf in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-22.htm">September 22, 2017</A>
LinkViolet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius violaceus) on dry reeds near the Gulf in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Violet webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius violaceus</B>) in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-22.htm">September 22, 2017</A>
LinkViolet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius violaceus) in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Dissected violet webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius violaceus</B>) in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-22.htm">September 22, 2017</A>
LinkDissected violet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius violaceus) in Tarkhovka near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197701
Violet webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius violaceus</B>) in area of New Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-09-08.htm">September 8, 2018</A>
LinkViolet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius violaceus) in area of New Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 8, 2018
Location on mapsNovosil'viyskiy Most Cherez Reku Slavyanku, Okruzhnaya Alleya, Pavlovsk, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 196625
Dissected violet webcap mushrooms (<B>Cortinarius violaceus</B>) in area of New Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-09-08.htm">September 8, 2018</A>
LinkDissected violet webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius violaceus) in area of New Sylvia in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 8, 2018
Location on mapsNovosil'viyskiy Most Cherez Reku Slavyanku, Okruzhnaya Alleya, Pavlovsk, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 196625

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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