Cortinarius aurae
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Cortinarius aurae is a little brown mushroom found in Europe and North America, originally described from a UK specimen in 2020. It was named in honour of the describing authors' new born daughter. Al
Cortinarius aurae
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Cortinarius britannicus
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Cortinarius britannicus is a species of webcap. It is known only from Scotland, where it was found on clay soil among mosses under beech. The species produces small, purplish mushrooms. Along with fiv
Cortinarius aurae
…selected ten highlights, one of which was six newly described British Cortinarius species: C. scoticus and C. aurae from the Black Wood of Rannoch; C. britannicus described from Caithness; C. subsaniosus from Cumbria; C. ainsworthii from Brighton; and C. heatherae from Heathrow Airport. In a press release, Kew…
Cortinarius britannicus mushroom
Cortinarius britannicus spores