USA, California, Del Norte, California-Oregon boundary, near, Hwy 199
Under fir and pine
GenBank Accession #: JX114946 (ITS). The original description cites:"Specimen typicum legit A. H. Smith n. 8957 prope (near) Crescent City, Ca., 29 Nov 1937, in Herb. Univ. of Michigan conservatum." Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 1939 2: 37. Also cited in "Cortinarius hesleri from eastern North America and related species from Europe and western North America." Botany 91.2 (2013): 91-98.