Cortinarius indolicus Horak

A remarkable species in subgenus Myxacium. The glutinous veil is red-coloured, leaving red girdles on the stipe, and the odour is strong, unpleasant, reminding of naphthalene.
Waikaremoana Mountains, Tuai, North Island, 2001-05-10.



© Karl Soop, 1998