This was a pleasant blue color when first collected
10/4/2018
In Mt. Adams area
A blue (when fresh) Mushroom
A Blewit or a Cortinarius ???
Mike K. said: Blewits have a definite fragrance which can be described as resembling frozen orange juice
. Growith habit is typically found in rings and arcs, while Cortinarius are mostly scattered or solitary.
From the themushroomforager.com web site Click here for link
Blewits have tight spaced gills, a distintive aroma, a cap that is slightly tacky when moist and visible mycelium around the stem base. The gills
should never be brownish or cobwebby. Young mushrooms have a vibrant purple color. At maturity there is a faint lavender hue in the light brown, gray or buff caps.
My guess:
These are cortinarius,
Reason: They were scattered and solitary
The gills are not tightly spaced