Identification: Cortinarius id

Cortinarius crassus?
Cobweb veil. Sticky cap.
spore print forthcoming
Forgot to take a photo of the cap, but the left photo shows a bit of the color of the rest of the top...tan or light brown.
Northern NM, USA
Spruce forest
10,600 ft asl

 

Only a handful of people in the country I would trust with a species name on a Cortinarius.

 

The books say as much. Oh well, "Cort" will do.

 

a drop of KOH on the cap is necessary (or at least very helpful) to get to a subgenus on corts in case you have some.

 

Where do I get KOH?

 

You can get it from your friendly neighborhood mycologist or biology lab. Or you can go to any supermarket and get some Liquid Drano - it's NaOH and basically does the same thing chemically. See http://www.mushroomexpert.com/macrochemicals.html (search for Drano) for a few details on it.