Cortinarius sp.

Cortinarius at Downer, ACT

Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021
Cortinarius sp. at Downer, ACT - 4 Jul 2021
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Identification history

Cortinarius sp. 13 Jul 2021 Heino1
Unidentified 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.

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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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  • 2 Abundance
  • 4 Jul 2021 12:13 PM Recorded on
  • TimL Recorded by

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  • Cortinarius sp. Scientific name
  • Cortinarius Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1033.5m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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