Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Cortinarius impolitus Kauffman
Synonyms: Cortinarius ammophilus
Cortinarius desertorum
Cortinarius diasemospermus var. leptospermus
Cortinarius difficillimus
Cortinarius friesianus
Cortinarius goniosporus
Cortinarius pertristis
Cortinarius subdepressus
Cortinarius subrigidus
Dune Webcap
Telamonia desertorum
Unpolished Webcap
Common Name: Unpolished Webcap


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

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (2)