Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius lignicola Bidaud
Synonyms: Carpenter Webcap
Common Name: Carpenter Webcap


Confirmed by DNA barcoding. With small spores slightly larger than C. malicorius
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Cortinarius lignicolaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
On Norway Spruce needles, Picea abies
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Picea abies (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)