🍄 Family

Cortinariaceae

40 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Agaricales › Cortinariaceae

Cortinarius cinnamomeus (L.) Gray

Cortinarius cinnamomeus is a brown-spored mushroom found in Northern Hemisphere coniferous forests, used to produce brown dye.

Cortinarius smithii Ammirati, Niskanen & Liimat.

Cortinarius smithii is a North American agaric fungus prized as a valuable natural dye source.

Cortinarius uliginosus Berk.

Cortinarius uliginosus is a mycorrhizal mushroom found in wet willow habitats and alder carr in North America and Europe.

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Cortinarius infractus (Pers.) Fr.

Cortinarius infractus is a bitter-tasting mushroom found scattered in mixed oak-beech deciduous forests, with a described variety from Wyoming.

Cortinarius clandestinus Kauffman

Cortinarius clandestinus Kauffman is a North American Cortinariaceae fungus first described in 1932 with defined physical traits and similar related species.

Cortinarius trivialis J.E.Lange

Cortinarius trivialis is a poisonous Cortinarius fungus, with characteristic cap, gill, and stalk traits, and similar species.

Cortinarius mucosus (Bull.) J.Kickx f.

Cortinarius mucosus (Bull.) J.Kickx f. is a mushroom found in acidic sandy soils under trees in North America.

Cortinarius collinitus (Sowerby) Gray

Cortinarius collinitus is an inedible mushroom associated with hardwoods and conifers, with characteristic rusty-brown spore prints.

Cortinarius magellanicus Speg.

Cortinarius magellanicus is a Cortinariaceae agaric fungus described in 1887, found in South America and genetically distinct New Zealand populations.

Cortinarius vanduzerensis A.H.Sm. & Trappe

Cortinarius vanduzerensis is a mycorrhizal mushroom found in North America's Pacific Northwest, with unknown edibility.

Cortinarius seidliae Ammirati, Niskanen & Liimat.

Cortinarius seidliae is a mycorrhizal mushroom found with conifers in the Pacific Northwest that has a slimy wet cap.

Cortinarius rubellus Cooke

Cortinarius rubellus is a toxic northern hemisphere mushroom that causes severe kidney damage when mis-eaten.

Cortinarius caperatus (Pers.) Fr.

Cortinarius caperatus is an identifiable mushroom species found across the Northern Hemisphere with specific physical and habitat traits.

Cortinarius varius (Schaeff.) Fr.

Cortinarius varius is a mushroom that grows in coniferous forests on calcareous soil, with varying edibility reports.

Thaxterogaster purpurascens (Fr.) Niskanen & Liimat.

Thaxterogaster purpurascens is a rare violet-tinged edible mushroom found in Northern Hemisphere coniferous forests.

Austrocortinarius australiensis (Cleland & Cheel) Liimat. & Niskanen

Austrocortinarius australiensis is a large mycorrhizal fungus found in Australia and New Zealand, with unknown edibility that should be avoided.

Related Families

Amanitaceae 87 species Agaricaceae 83 species Tricholomataceae 66 species Hygrophoraceae 63 species Hymenogastraceae 59 species Mycenaceae 53 species Strophariaceae 39 species Physalacriaceae 31 species

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