BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Cortinarius cyanites
| Scientific Name: | Cortinarius cyanites Fr. | ||||||||||
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Cyanicium cyanites
Gomphos cyanites |
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Castellano, M.A., E. Cazares, B. Fondrick, and T. Dreisbach. 2003. Handbook to additional fungal species of Special Concern in the Northwest Forest Plan. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-572. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 144 pp. Online. Available: https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr572.pdf | ||||||||||
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| Species Group: | Fungus | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G3G4 (Jun 2006) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3S4 (Mar 2021) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Cortinarius cyanites, which has a wide distribution in conifer, hardwood, and mixed forests, is known from Europe (including Scandinavia), Japan, and North America. (Ammirati 1998, Norvell 2002 pers comm). In North America, it is known from BC, WA, OR, CA, the rocky mountains, and eastern North America (including Michigan). In the Pacific Northwest northern spotted owl region, Cortinarius cyanites is documented from the Vancouver area of British Columbia south to Mendocino county in California and east to Mt. Rainier State Park south to the Gifford Pinchot NF in Washington. (Ammirati 1998, DAVFP (Pac Forestry Center database 11-22-02); Norvell & Exeter 2003; ISMS Database 2002 and GIS map for COCY8). | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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Phillips, R. 1991. Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 319 pp. |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Cortinarius cyanites. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 16, 2026).