Camphor araneus (Cortinarius camphoratus)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Classis: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Ordo: Agaricales (Agaric vel Lamellar)
- Family Cortinariaceae (Spiderwebs)
- Genus: Cortinarius (Spiderweb)
- Type: Cortinarius camphoratus (Camphor webweed)
Araneae camphorae (The t. A sagum camphoratum) est fungus venenosus generis Cobweb (lat. Cortinarius).
habet;
6—12 cm diametro, carnosa (paulo minus texta cum aliis aranearum purpurearum huius generis comparatis), color satis varius est — iuvenum speciminum salubrium exstant cum lilac centro et limbo purpureo, colores autem aetate quodammodo admixto. Figura initio hemisphaerica est, compacta, postea aperit, figuram rectam servans plerumque. Superficies sicca, velutina fibrosa. Caro densa, colore indefinito ferrugineo-brunneo, odoris magis noto putrido (secundum literaturam) potatoes putridae simile est.
records,
Dente crevit in iuventa brevissimo tempore - medio pilei colore (vage purpureo), tum, ut sporis maturescit, ferrugineum colorem induunt. Ut solet, in speciminibus novellis, stratum sporis gerens velo palmato tegitur.
Pulvis sporae:
Scabra.
Crus:
Crassissima (1—2 cm diametro), cylindracea, ad basin dilatata, quamvis plerumque sine tubere hypertrophi species propriae multarum specierum similium. Superficies est caeruleo-violacea, colore marginum pilei, squamosis longitudinalibus leviter acutis, cortinae reliquiis non semper conspicuis detracta.
Propagatio:
Camphor Coweb in deciduis et coniferis silvis a fine Augusti alicubi obvenit ad initium Octobris, raro, sed catervatim. Fructum fert jugiter, quantum indicare possum.
Similes species:
In similar species, you can add all cobwebs that have purple colors in their arsenal. In particular, these are white-violet (Cortinarius alboviolaceus), goat (Cortinarius traganus), silver (Cortinarius argentatus), and others, including Cortinarius sailor, for which there was no name. Due to the wide variability of colors and shapes, there are no clear formal signs to distinguish “one from the other”; we can only say that the camphor cobweb stands out from a number of fellows with a less massive structure and a more unpleasant odor. In any case, only a microscopic, or even better, genetic study can give full confidence here. I don’t like cobwebs.
Edibilitas:
Videtur deesse.