University of Minnesota, Bell Museum of Natural History Herbarium Fungal Collection (MIN)
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61bd555e-3f5a-4e20-89b9-e26d2365f61b
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Cortinarius traganus (Fr.) Fr.
aff.
Cortinariaceae
D.J. McLaughlin (9/28/2007)
The photo of the basidiocarp does not look like C. traganus at all, some of the colorations is similar, the odor is not the same, the spores are similar (size difference you noted, MCB263 has smaller spores). The structure of the Pileipellis of MCB263 is
McLaughlin, D.J.; E.G. McLaughlin
MCBS 263
2007-09-28
28/Sep/2007
United States, Minnesota, Hubbard, Paul Bunyan State Forest, T143N R34W S16 (invalid); [Approx 1 mi W of Lake George, N side of Hwy 71; T143N R34W S20]
47.1886982 -95.0148924 +-1126m. WGS84
Used Earth Point and Google Earth
On ground in moss and pine needles under red pine.