Cortinarius mucifluus belongs to the subgenus Myxacium
![C. mucosus](https://i0.wp.com/indianafungi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/104.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
![C. mucosus](https://i0.wp.com/indianafungi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/098.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1)
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Found growing with pine. Slimy cap and stem. Cap is brown in color. Stem is white and equal; sometimes slightly swollen at the base. Found in mixed woods with hardwoods (oak and beech) and pine. October. The spores of this collection fit Cortinarius mucifluus better than the go-to slimy Cort, C. mucosus, which has longer spores and an orange cap.
Spore image and measurements. Could not find a spore longer than 13 microns.
![Cortinarius mucifluus spores](https://i0.wp.com/indianafungi.com/wp-content/uploads/cort-mucosus-spores-1b.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1)
Description at THE AGARICACEAE OF MICHIGAN BY C. H. KAUFFMAN VOL. I, p.28
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