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red cort

Cortinarius marylandensis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) andrew2285, no rights reserved (CC0)

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 3, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States157
Virginia18
Louisiana18
Texas16
Mississippi13
Maryland13
Pennsylvania11
New Jersey10
North Carolina9
Tennessee6

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise red cort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.