Cortinarius paraoniti
Soop 2013
Description:
A tan to pink‑tinged Telamonia of Nothofagus forest, with a slightly viscid then dry hygrophanous cap that ranges from evenly tan to grey‑yellow‑brown or pinkish, often with a sparse white frost when young.

Cap: 15-45 mm diam.; obtusely rounded, later convex to expanded. Surface slightly viscid, soon dry; hygrophanous. Colour evenly tan, greyish yellow‑brown, or pinkish; young basidiomes often with a sparse white frost. Texture glabrous or finely innate‑fibrillose. Margin paler, usually with a white rim, not striate.
Lamellae: Colour pale cinnamon when young. Attachment adnate to broadly notched. Spacing rather distant (L = 32-34, l = 2-3). Edges concolorous
Stipe: 25-40 x 2-8 mm, cylindrical to slightly clavate, often sinuate. Surface dry, with a white coating that gradually absorbs to pale brown. Veil white, sometimes with a yellow tint, sparse; cortina white.
Context: Pale cinnamon, without violet tints.
Odour/taste: Odour weak, reminiscent of lubricant (“dipite instar”). Taste nil or slightly nauseating.

Common name: None
Habitat: Nothofagus forest
Substrate: On soil
Distribution: New Zealand wide
Season: Autumn to early winter
Biostatus: Endemic to New Zealand
Edible: No
Spore print: Brown
Common name: None
Found: Nothofagus Forests
Substrate: Ground
Spore: Brown
Height: 35 - 55 mm
Width: 60 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: No
Macro images:
Cortinarius paraoniti
Scale bar
PDD 112349    Scale= 12 mm.
 
Cortinarius peraureus
Scale bar
Scale= 10 mm.
 
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Forest Fungi