Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius olearioides Rob. Henry
Synonyms: Calonarius olearioides
Cap Gweog Melynol
Cortinarius fulgens
Cortinarius fulmineus
Cortinarius subfulgens
Phlegmacium subfulgens
Saffron Stainer
Common Name:


British Red Data List (2006): Vulnerable
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Cortinarius olearioidesPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)