Cortinarius salor is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Cortinarius native to Europe and Asia, spreading as far east as Japan and New Guinea.

[1] It is also found in conifer forests of the North American Pacific Northwest.

[2] The mushroom is blue-lilac when young, fading to yellow or tan with age.

[2] Similar species include C. anomalus and C.

muscigenus.