Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius violaceus (L.) Gray
Synonyms: Agaricus violaceus
Inoloma violaceum
Common Name: Violet Webcap


British Red Data List (2006): Near Threatened
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Cortinarius violaceus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (2)