Synonymy:
Agaricus purpureus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 13: pl. 598, fig. 1 (1793)
Dermocybe purpurea (Bull.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7 9: 372 (1889)

Agaricus phoeniceus Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 2(2): 647 (1792)
Cortinarius phoeniceus (Bull.) Maire, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 27(4): 434 (1912) [1911]

Gymnopus purus β purpureus Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 608 (1821)

Cortinarius purpureus var. macrosporus Bidaud, in Bidaud, Moënne-Loccoz, Reumaux & Henry, Atlas des Cortinaires (Meyzieu) 6: 191 (1994)

Position in classification:
Cortinarius, Cortinariaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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