Cortinarius
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Taxonomy · GBIF
Viscid Violet Cort
FAMILY
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyCortinariaceae
Observations12,495
Groupfungi
via GBIF · iNaturalist · CC0
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Selected species
- Description
- Toxicity
- Uses
- Infrageneric classification
- References
thumb|Cortinarius violaceus|C. violaceus
Cortinarius is a globally distributed genus of fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. Its members are commonly known by the names cortinar and webcap. It is suspected to be the largest genus of agarics, containing over 2,700 widespread species.