Family: Cortinariaceae

Common Name: Emperor Cortinar

Distribution: Widespread and fairly common in eucalypt forest.

General Information: Caps to 100mm across, convex becoming flattened with age, viscid purple smooth, Stem central with ring present.

Specimen: Autumn 2009, Found amongst leaf litter in dry/moist schlerophyll forest, Mountain River, Tasmania.

Source: McCann, IR 2003, Australian Fungi - Illustrated, Macdown Productions, Vermont Australia.

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