Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius caliginosus Bidaud, Moënne-Locc. & Reumaux
Synonyms: Sombre Webcap
Common Name: Sombre Webcap


An ectomycorrhizal species. Confirmed by DNA barcoding
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Cortinarius caliginosusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
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)