Cortinarius archeri
Purple Mushroom
Cortinarius is a large genus of mushrooms, thought to be the largest genus of agarics, with over 2000 different species worldwide. Young Cortinarius mushrooms have a cortina (veil) between the cap and the stem, after which they are named. Some are poisonous. Cortinarius archeri, native to eucalyptus forests of Australia, where they appear in Autumn. They have purple caps that are shiny with slime. It is considered unsafe to eat these mushrooms, as their edibility is unknown, and there is potential for confusing it with several poisonous species.
Contributed by @Denise16
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and fertile
Common name
Purple Mushroom
Latin name
Cortinarius archeri
type
Fungus
family
Cortinariaceae
ph
6.3 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.10 M
0.10 M
Cortinarius archeri
Cortinarius is a large genus of mushrooms, thought to be the largest genus of agarics, with over 2000 different species worldwide. Young Cortinarius mushrooms have a cortina (veil) between the cap and the stem, after which they are named. Some are poisonous. Cortinarius archeri, native to eucalyptus forests of Australia, where they appear in Autumn. They have purple caps that are shiny with slime. It is considered unsafe to eat these mushrooms, as their edibility is unknown, and there is potential for confusing it with several poisonous species.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Due to the nature of fungi, planting is not an option
Propagating by spores outdoors
From Mid Spring TO Early Autumn
Mushrooms can be grown outdoors from Spring to Autumn by lifting a square of grass (where no chemical fertilisers have been used), adding farmyard manure or compost and mixing it into the soil, then mixing the mushroom spawn in the soil to around 1 cm. deep. Replace the turf, and water in dry weather, but don't saturate. Growth depends on the weather. Mushrooms grow best in warm,damp weather
Propagating by spores indoors
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
A suitable bed or box needs to be prepared for growing mushrooms, where a depth of 10" compost can be contained. Mushrooms need 20 kgs. of compost per 100g of spawn, and a constant temperature of around 16 deg.C. The best compost is well-rotted horse manure, and it must be free of worms and invertebrates that will eat the spawn. After spreading the spawn and mixing it in to the top 1 cm. of the compost, keep the compost moist, but not wet. Providing the constant temperature can be maintained, mushrooms can be grown all year round.
Denise16