Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius variicolor (Pers.) Fr.

Synonyms:

Agaricus decolorans Agaricus variicolor Agaricus variicolor var. nemorensis Agaricus varius Cortinarius decolorans Cortinarius largus subsp. variicolor Cortinarius nemorensis Cortinarius variecolor Cortinarius variecolor var. marginatus Cortinarius variicolor var. marginatus Cortinarius variicolor var. nemorensis Cortinarius variicolor var. variicolor Cortinarius varius Phlegmacium decolorans Phlegmacium nemorense Phlegmacium variecolor var. marginatum Phlegmacium variicolor Phlegmacium variicolor var. marginatum Phlegmacium varium

Common Name:

Contrary Webcap

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (2) Tilia x vulgaris (2) Cedrus libani (1) Quercus petraea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (3) Soil Grassy (2)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) March (1) September (6) October (3)