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Cortinarius ohlone

A species of Cortinar

The cortinarius ohlone is a newly-discovered species, described and classified in 2013. Found in California and mostly unknown outside of its native range, the species was named after after the local indigenous people, the Ohlone. The edibility of the cortinarius ohlone is unknown, as the info on the species is still scarce.

Cap Diameter:

3 - 8 cm

Odor:

Smell familiar fruity spicy

General Info About Cortinarius ohlone

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Attributes of Cortinarius ohlone

Cap Diameter

3 - 8 cm

Cap

Cap 3 - 8 cm across; convex, plane or irreqular; dark brown to gray brown; dry, smooth or nearly so

Gills

Broadly attached; close to subdistant; brown

Stem

3 - 12 cm long, 5 - 20 mm thick; equal or tapering at base; white; dry, silky-fibrillose below ring when young becoming smooth or nearly so in age

Flesh

Fairly thick; fleshy in cap, fibrous in stipe; marbled brown in cap, transitioning to whitish in stipe

Ring

Upward-flaring, well-defined

Spore Print Color

Rusty brown

Odor

Smell familiar fruity spicy

Body Color

Brown

Bronze

Silver

White

Flesh Bruises

The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.

Growth Form

Solitary, Scattered, Clustered

Nutrient Gathering

Mycorrhizal

Substrate

On soil

You can find Cortinarius ohlone by these plants:

Oaks, Pines

Species Status

Very common from the greater San Francisco Bay Area south

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Habitat of Cortinarius ohlone

Cortinarius ohlone is a woodland mushroom, mostly associated with oak. It is found near the roots of trees, helping it absorb water and nutrients while the tree provides the fungus with sugars and amino acids.

Scientific Classification of Cortinarius ohlone

Phylum

Club fungi