Cortinarius salor

Cortinarius salor is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Cortinarius native to Europe and Asia, spreading as far east as Japan and New Guinea.^[1] It is also found in conifer forests of the North American Pacific Northwest.^[2]

Cortinarius salor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Cortinariaceae
Genus:	Cortinarius
Subgenus:	Cortinarius subg. Myxacium
Species:	C. salor
Binomial name
Cortinarius salor Fr. 1838

The mushroom is blue-lilac when young, fading to yellow or tan with age.^[2] Similar species include C. anomalus and C. muscigenus.^[2]

See also

• List of Cortinarius species