Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Cortinariaceae: Cortinarius pholideus (Lilj.) Fr.

Cortinarius pholideus – scaly webcap

Synonyms: Agaricus pholideus, Gomphos pholideus, Inoloma pholideum.

Common name: scaly webcap.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Cortinarius pholideus is a species of fungus native to Finland, Great Britain, and Norway. It can also be found in North America. It is considered inedible.

Arabic: ختير حرشفي, Finnish: Suomuvyöseitikki, Polish: Zasłonak łuseczkowaty, Russian: Паутинник чешуйчатый, Swedish: Tofsspindling, Welsh: Cap gweog cennog.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Scaly webcap mushrooms Cortinarius pholideus(?) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
263 Co Rd 4777, Warren, TX 77664, USA

Cross section of scaly webcap mushrooms Cortinarius pholideus(?) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
263 Co Rd 4777, Warren, TX 77664, USA

Underside of scaly webcap mushrooms Cortinarius pholideus(?) in Watson Rare Native Plant Preserve. Warren, Texas, October 17, 2020
263 Co Rd 4777, Warren, TX 77664, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
• There is a Wikipedia article about this species.

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