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Cortinarius atroviolaceus

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Cortinariaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Cortinarius

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Cortinarius atroviolaceus is a fungus native to Borneo, where it was originally collected by E.J.H. Corner on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu in 1964 and described by Meinhard Michael Moser in 1986. Specimens from New Zealand classified as this species are probably a different species. It is poorly known.

The mushroom is wholly dark purple with slightly paler flesh, and resembles Cortinarius violaceus though is smaller.

References

Cortinarius atroviolaceus Wikipedia