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elegant blue webcap

Cortinarius rotundisporus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 0, February 0, March 2, April 44, May 584, June 827, July 336, August 33, September 6, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Australia1,832
New South Wales892
Victoria667
New Zealand191
Tasmania117
Western Australia79
South Australia68
Auckland Region66
Waikato Region32
Otago Region31

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyWebcaps · Cortinariaceae
GenusWebcaps · Cortinarius

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