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Cortinarius elegantior (Fr.) Fr., 1838 (a toadstool)

1992 (Provisional) Red Data List Vulnerable
2007 (Draft) Red Data List DD

Suggested Literature

Cortinarius elegantior may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
CORTINARIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Cortinarius
(webcap toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Cortinarius elegantior is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Helianthemum nummularium - Common Rockrose (Cistaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Barden, N., 2007
Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Foreign Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Cortinarius elegantior:

Cortinarius elegantior may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Barden, N., 2007 Helianthemum grasslands of the Peak District and their possible mycorrhizal associates
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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