Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius porphyropus (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus porphyropus
Phlegmacium porphyropus
Common Name:


British Red Data List (2006): Near Threatened
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Cortinarius porphyropus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (2)
Tilia x vulgaris (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (2)