Cortinarius (Pers.) Gray
(webcap toadstools)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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Subgenus 11 subtaxa 118 images 8 ident. refs
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Subgenus 1 subtaxa 33 images
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Subgenus 7 subtaxa 70 images 10 ident. refs
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Subgenus 23 subtaxa 162 images 24 ident. refs
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Subgenus 2 subtaxa 30 images 3 ident. refs
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Subgenus 20 subtaxa 381 images 14 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 27 images
Species 2 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 2 ident. refs
Cap (Click to open)
Species 3 subtaxa 47 images 2 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 3 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 12 images
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 11 images
Cap (Click to open)
Species 11 images 1 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 26 images 2 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 3 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 18 images
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 10 images
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Unidentified 30 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCortinarius (webcap toadstools)
FamilyCORTINARIACEAE (webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brandrud, T.E., Lindström, H., Marklund, H., Melot, J. & Muskos, S. 1990 Cortinarius: Flora Photographica Photoflora
Kühner, R. & Romagnesi, H. 1955 Compléments a la "Flore analytique" IV: Espéces nouvelles ou critiques de Cortinarius Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon 24ieme Anné, No 2: 39-54.
Orton, P.D. 1983 Some notes on the genus Cortinarius in Britain Sydowia, Annales Mycologici Ser. II Vol XXXVI.
Orton, P.D. 1958 Cortinarius II (Inoloma, Dermocybe) The Naturalist, supplement, 2, 69pp, Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union (YNU)
Orton, P.D. 1955 Cortinarius I (Myxacium, Phlegmacium) The Naturalist, supplement, 1, 80pp, Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union (YNU)
Soop, K. 2008 Cortinarius in Sweden 11th edition, 180pp, Editions Scientrix
Soop, K. Karl Soop’s Mycology page karl.soop.org/English/myco.html
Soop, K. Journées européennes du Cortinaire www.jec-cortinarius.org/index.htm
Stridvall, L. & A. Cortinarius on Leif & Anita Stridvall’s Botanical Site www.stridvall.se/fungi/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=Cortinarius

Section Bicolores And Section Saturnini

Liimatainen, K., Carteret, X., Dima, B., Kytövuori, I., Bidaud, A. Reumaux, P., Niskanen, T., Ammirati, J.F. & Bellanger, J.-M. 2017 Cortinarius section Bicolores and section Saturnini (Basidiomycota, Agaricales), a morphogenetic overview of European and North American species Persoonia Vol 39: 175-200.

Cortinarius (webcap toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cortinarius (webcap toadstools)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 441 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cortinarius (webcap toadstools)

Colour of young gills - cut the cap in half. (The gills always turn brown as the spores ripen so must be a young cap.)
Colour of veil on young fruitbodies. (This often disappears and always gets stained rusty by the spores, so again, must be a young fruitbody.)
Presence of blue tinges on young gills, stipe apex or flesh - cut in half (again, use a young fruitbody as the blue often fades).
Smell.
If there is no fresh young cap to cut in half, unless it’s one of the distinctive species - forget it!

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