Violet webcap
Cortinarius violaceus
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Cortinarius violaceus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Cortinariaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Brown
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its Latin name violaceus means violet, the colour of the whole mushroom from cap to stem.
- Young webcaps have a cobweb-like veil between the cap edge and the stem, which gave the group its name.
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Similar fungi
- Deadly webcap
Cortinarius rubellus
- Fools webcap
Cortinarius orellanus
- Common ink cap
Coprinopsis atramentaria
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q167887 · All fungi · All entries