Cortinarius triumphans Fr.
(Birch Webcap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cortinarius triumphans (Birch Webcap)
Subgenus	Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) (slimy-capped webcaps)
Genus	Cortinarius (webcap toadstools)
Family	CORTINARIACEAE (webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cortinarius triumphans is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Cortinarius)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Cortinariaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Cortinarius triumphans (Birch Webcap) :
1: Cortinarius triumphans (Birch Webcap)
14 Sep 1986	OSGR: SU26	51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England

Cortinarius triumphans (Birch Webcap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Cortinarius (Phlegmacium)
(slimy-capped webcaps)

Cortinarius
(webcap toadstools)

CORTINARIACEAE
(webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cortinarius triumphans (Birch Webcap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cortinarius triumphans (Birch Webcap)

Our commonest large Phlegmacium has faintly lavender gills when young, a bright yellow, sticky cap and a strongly girdled stipe. It is mycorrhizal with birch (Betula). Previously known as Cortinarius crocolitus.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cortinarius triumphans is also a member of:

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