Cortinarius aleuriosmus Maire 1910

Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza
fruitbody of Cortinarius aleuriosmus is ectomycorrhizal with live root of Fagus
Remarks: Other: uncertain

Cortinarius aleuriosmus Maire, Bull. Soc. Myc. Fr. 26: 180
1910.
Pileus fleshy, very compact, firm, broadly convex, 5-10 cm. broad; surface alutaceouswhitish at first, soon dingy-ochraceous-tan to russet-tan, sometimes sordid-tawny-yellowish in age, glabrous, with a glutinous pellicle when moist or young, becoming reticulate-rivulose from the drying gluten, the margin inrolled at first ; context thick, white or with an evanescent violaceous tinge, the odor and taste mild; lamellae adnexed, narrow, crowded, pale-lividgrayish at first, sometimes pallid, then rusty-cinnamon, the edge erose-serratulate ; stipe stout, short, 4-6 cm. long, 10-20 mm. thick, solid, compact, white or scarcely violaceoustinged, fibrillose from the cortina, with a thick, turbinate, marginate bulb, the bulb not depressed, white below and arising from white mycelium; spores ellipsoid-almond-shaped, minutely tuberculate, 10-12 X 5-6 m-
Type locality: France.
Habitat: On the ground, in frondose woods.
Distribution : New York and Michigan .