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 britannicus mushroom
Cortinarius britannicus spores
Cortinarius scoticus
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Cortinarius scoticus is a little brown mushroom known from central and northern Europe, where it grows in pine forests. It was described in 2020, and named for Scotland, where it was first found. Alon
Cortinarius britannicus
…Kew scientists selected ten highlights, one of which was six newly described British Cortinarius species: C. britannicus described from Caithness; C. scoticus and C. aurae from the Black Wood of Rannoch; C. subsaniosus from Cumbria; C. ainsworthii from Brighton; and C. heatherae from Heathrow Airport. In a…
Cortinarius scoticus
Cortinarius scoticus spores