MycoKey : the genus Cortinarius

Generic short diagnoses: Highly variable, ± rusty brown-spored, ectotrophic agarics with attached lamellae and mostly prominent cortina (web-like veil); spores without germ pores and mostly distinctly roughened; differentiated cystidia rarely present.

Species examples:
Cortinarius alboviolaceus
Cortinarius anomalus
Cortinarius aprinus
Cortinarius armillatus
Cortinarius barbatus
Cortinarius bolaris
Cortinarius caerulescens
Cortinarius camphoratus
Cortinarius caperatus
Cortinarius cinnabarinus
Cortinarius cinnamomeus
Cortinarius citrinolilacinus
Cortinarius cotoneus
Cortinarius favrei
Cortinarius helvelloides
Cortinarius hemitrichus
Cortinarius humicola
Cortinarius infractus
Cortinarius largus
Cortinarius lividoochraceus
Cortinarius obtusus
Cortinarius pholideus
Cortinarius praestans
Cortinarius purpurascens
Cortinarius purpurascens 2
Cortinarius rubellus
Cortinarius rufoolivaceus
Cortinarius salor
Cortinarius sanguineus
Cortinarius saturninus
Cortinarius semisanguineus
Cortinarius splendens
Cortinarius terpsichores
Cortinarius torvus
Cortinarius triumphans
Cortinarius uliginosus
Cortinarius violaceus
Cortinarius vulpinus


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