Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius alnetorum (Velen.) M.M. Moser

Synonyms:

Agaricus iliopodius Alder Webcap Cortinarius alnellus Cortinarius iliopodius Hydrocybe alnetorum Telamonia alnetorum

Common Name:

Alder Webcap

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Alnus glutinosa (3) Tilia (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (1) Woodland: mixed (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Litter (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: March (1) October (4)