CORTINARIUS violaceus is the darkest purple cort. It has a purple black cuticle, flesh and gills. Purple stem with bulbous base. Rusty-ochre spore print. Not favored for dyeing. Edible, but bitter. In NA grows under conifers primarily. This is in the Cortinariceae family of the Agaricales order.
Cortinarius violaceus
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