Cortinarius vanduzerensis

Cortinarius vanduzerensis is a species of fungus described as new to science in 1972. The fruit bodies of the fungus, or mushrooms, have a slimy dark chestnut-brown cap that becomes deeply radially grooved or corrugated in maturity, and reaches diameters of up to 8 cm (3+1⁄8 in). The gills on the underside of the cap are initially pinkish-buff before becoming pale brown when the spores mature. The stem is lavender, measuring 10–18 cm (4–7 in) long and 1–2 cm (3⁄8–3⁄4 in) thick. The mushroom produces a rusty-brown spore print, with individual spores measuring 12–14 by 7–8 μm. The edibility of the species is unknown and it resembles poisonous mushrooms. It is known only from the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where it grows under conifers such as spruce, hemlock, and Douglas-fir. ...read more on Wikipedia.