Fungi
Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like]
Sighting 4386072

Cortinarius sp.

Cortinarius at Downer, ACT

Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM
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Identification history

Cortinarius sp. 13 Jul 2021 Heino1
Unverified 13 Jul 2021 TimL

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User's notes

The fourth image shows yellow spores caught in the spider webs beneath the fungi caps.

2 comments

Heino1 wrote:
   13 Jul 2021
Spider webs or remnants of the flimsy partial veil that covered the gills before the cap expanded? In Cortinarius the partial veil is mostly flimsy (very rarely membranous), best described as ranging from sparsely to densely cobwebby (depending on species).
TimL wrote:
   13 Jul 2021
Thanks for that information and the identification. Tim

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Species information

  • Cortinarius sp. Scientific name
  • Cortinarius Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1034m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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