With around 2000 species, Cortinarius

Cortinarius

Cortinarius is a genus of mushrooms. It is suspected to be the largest genus of agarics, containing over 2000 different species and found worldwide. A common feature among all species in the genus Cortinarius is that young specimens have a cortina between the cap and the stem, hence the name,...

is the biggest genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of mushrooms. The list is by no means complete; please add to it. Apart from a few species such as C. caperatus

Cortinarius caperatus

Cortinarius caperatus, commonly known as the gypsy mushroom, is a highly esteemed edible mushroom of the genus Cortinarius found in northern regions of Europe and North America. It was known as Rozites caperata for many years, before genetic studies revealed it lay within the large genus Cortinarius...

, many even so-called edible

Edible mushroom

Edible mushrooms are the fleshy and edible fruiting bodies of several species of fungi. Mushrooms belong to the macrofungi, because their fruiting structures are large enough to be seen with the naked eye. They can appear either below ground or above ground where they may be picked by hand...

 species appear to have very similar species which are at least inedible if not poisonous. or otherwise may differ in edibility geographically.

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• Cortinarius abditus – France
• Cortinarius aberrans – France
• Cortinarius abietinus
• Cortinarius abnormis – Western Australia
• Cortinarius absarokensis – USA (Montana)
• Cortinarius absinthiacus – Argentina
• Cortinarius acerbiformis – France
• Cortinarius acerbus – Argentina
• Cortinarius achrous – New Zealand
• Cortinarius achyrocephalus
• Cortinarius aciculisporus – France
• Cortinarius acidophilus – Norway
• Cortinarius acigemmascens – France
• Cortinarius aciserratus
• Cortinarius acutellus – France
• Cortinarius acutibulbus – France
• Cortinarius acutispissipes – France
• Cortinarius acutoaltus – France
• Cortinarius acutocephalus – France
• Cortinarius acutus
• Cortinarius adustus
• Cortinarius aggregatus
• Cortinarius albidus – (North America)
• Cortinarius alboviolaceus – silver-violet webcap (Europe)
• Cortinarius amethystinus
• Cortinarius amoenelens = C. cyanopus
• Cortinarius angulosus
• Cortinarius anomalus
  Cortinarius anomalus
  Cortinarius anomalus, also known as the variable webcap, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Cortinarius. It produces a medium-sized mushroom with a grayish-brown cap up to wide, gray-violet gills and a whitish stem with pale yellow belts below. The mushroom grows solitarily or in scattered...
  
  
• Cortinarius archeri
  Cortinarius archeri
  Cortinarius archeri is a species of mushroom. The species has no common name. It has been featured on the cover of the book Fungi of Southern Australia by CSIRO scientist Neale Bougher and botanical artist Katrina Syme...
  
  – (Australia)
• Cortinarius argentatus
• Cortinarius argyrionus
• Cortinarius armeniacus
• Cortinarius armillatus
  Cortinarius armillatus
  See also:Cortinarius armillatus, commonly known as the Red-banded Cortinarius is a late summer and fall fungus usually found in moist coniferous forests, especially spruced ones...
  
  – bracelet cortinar (North America)
• Cortinarius atkinsonianus
• Cortinarius aurantiobasis – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius aureifolius – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius aureofulvus
• Cortinarius australiensis (previously Rozites australiensis)
• Cortinarius austrovenetus
  Dermocybe austroveneta
  Cortinarius austrovenetus, alternately known as Dermocybe austroveneta and commonly known as the Green Skin-head, is an inedible brightly coloured green gilled fungus which naturally occurs in south eastern Australia.-Taxonomy:...
  
  - also known as Dermocybe austroveneta
  Dermocybe austroveneta
  Cortinarius austrovenetus, alternately known as Dermocybe austroveneta and commonly known as the Green Skin-head, is an inedible brightly coloured green gilled fungus which naturally occurs in south eastern Australia.-Taxonomy:...
  
  Green Skin-head (Australia)

B

• Cortinarius badiolaevis
  Cortinarius badiolaevis
  Cortinarius badiolaevis is a fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. The species produces mushrooms with smooth, red-brown caps up to in diameter, after which it is named. It has a white stem, and yellow-brown gills. It was first described in 2011, based on specimens collected in the 1990s and 2000s...
  
  
• Cortinarius balteato-cumatilis
• Cortinarius balteatus
• Cortinarius basorapulus
• Cortinarius biformis
• Cortinarius bigelowii
• Cortinarius bivelus
• Cortinarius bolaris
• Cortinarius boulderensis
• Cortinarius brunneus
• Cortinarius builliardi
• Cortinarius bulbosus

C

• Cortinarius cabrinii – Argentina
• Cortinarius cacaocolor
• Cortinarius cacaocolor
• Cortinarius cacodes – USA (California)
• Cortinarius cadaverolens – France
• Cortinarius caelicolor
• Cortinarius caeruleo-ochrascens – France
• Cortinarius caeruleogriseus – France
• Cortinarius caeruleoëburneus – Australia
• Cortinarius caerulescens – mealy bigfoot webcap
• Cortinarius caerulipes
• Cortinarius caesia – France
• Cortinarius caesibulga – Australia
• Cortinarius caesiellus – USA
• Cortinarius caesiifolius – USA
• Cortinarius caesiifolius
• Cortinarius caesiobrunneus – Finland
• Cortinarius caesiocanescens – Austria
• Cortinarius caesiocyaneus
• Cortinarius caesiocinctus – France
• Cortinarius caesiocortinatus – Austria
• Cortinarius caesioflavescens – France
• Cortinarius caesiogriseus – Austria
• Cortinarius caesiolatens – France
• Cortinarius caesionigrellus – France
• Cortinarius caesiostramenius
• Cortinarius californicus
• Cortinarius callisteus – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius calochrous
• Cortinarius calyptratus
• Cortinarius calyptrodermus
• Cortinarius camphoratus
• Cortinarius caninus
  Cortinarius caninus
  Cortinarius caninus is a basidiomycota mushroom in the family of Cortinariaceae.- General :The cortinarius are a superior mushroom, due to their cortina . This is the most prolific genus of fungus, and numbers in the thousands.- Description :The cortinarius caninus has a creamy brown cap measuring...
  
  
• Cortinarius caperatus
  Cortinarius caperatus
  Cortinarius caperatus, commonly known as the gypsy mushroom, is a highly esteemed edible mushroom of the genus Cortinarius found in northern regions of Europe and North America. It was known as Rozites caperata for many years, before genetic studies revealed it lay within the large genus Cortinarius...
  
  (previously Rozites caperata) gypsy mushroom (Europe, North America)
• Cortinarius castaneicolor
• Cortinarius cedretorum
• Cortinarius cinereoroseolus
• Cortinarius cinnabarinus
• Cortinarius cinnamomeus
  Cortinarius cinnamomeus
  Cortinarius cinnamomeus, also known as the cinnamon webcap, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. The fungus produces brown fruit bodies with caps up to wide and stems up to long. The closely crowded gills underside the cap are initially yellow before turning brown. Cortinarius...
  
  – also known as Dermocybe cinnamomea (Europe, North America), may be edible, but has deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius cinnamomeus-luteus – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius citrinifolius
• Cortinarius citrinipedes
• Cortinarius clandestinus
• Cortinarius claricolor – eaten in Europe, unknown edibility in North America
• Cortinarius cliduchus
• Cortinarius coerulescentium
• Cortinarius collinitus
  Cortinarius collinitus
  Cortinarius collinitus is a species of fungi in the family Cortinariaceae.-Description:The cap is 3–9 cm in diameter, convex to flat in shape, with a sticky, gelatinous surface . The gills are adnexed, close, and pallid or pale violet in color...
  
  – belted slimy cort (North America)
• Cortinarius corrugatus
• Cortinarius corrugis
• Cortinarius cotoneus
• Cortinarius crassus
• Cortinarius croceofolius – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius crocolitus
• Cortinarius crystallinus
• Cortinarius cuprescens – France
• Cortinarius cyanites
• Cortinarius cyanosterix – France
• Cortinarius cyanus
• Cortinarius cycneus – New Zealand
• Cortinarius cylindratus – France
• Cortinarius cylindripes
• Cortinarius cylindrisporus – USA (Florida)
• Cortinarius cylindrospermus – Argentina
• Cortinarius cypriacus
• Cortinarius cystidifer
• Cortinarius cystidiocatenatus – Australia
• Cortinarius cystidiophorus – France
• Cortinarius cystidiorapaceus – Argentina

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• Cortinarius damascenus
• Cortinarius debbieae
• Cortinarius deceptivissimus – France
• Cortinarius decipiens
• Cortinarius decipientoides – France
• Cortinarius decurtatus – France
• Cortinarius deianae – France
• Cortinarius delibutus
  Cortinarius delibutus
  Cortinarius delibutus, also known as the bluegill webcap or the yellow webcap, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Cortinarius. The fruit bodies are medium sized, with shiny yellow caps on a sticky, yellow-banded club-shaped stem...
  
  
• Cortinarius dibaphus
• Cortinarius dilutus
• Cortinarius distans
• Cortinarius dulciolens – New Zealand
• Cortinarius dulciorum
• Cortinarius dunensis – Belgium
• Cortinarius duracinellus
• Cortinarius duracinobtusus
• Cortinarius duracinus
• Cortinarius duramarus

E

• Cortinarius elacatipus – New Zealand
• Cortinarius elaiochrous – New Zealand
• Cortinarius elaiops
• Cortinarius elaphinicolor – France
• Cortinarius elatior
• Cortinarius elatostipitatus – Australia (Tasmania
  Tasmania
  Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
  
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• Cortinarius eliae – France
• Cortinarius elegantioides
• Cortinarius elegantior
• Cortinarius elotoides – USA (Wyoming
  Wyoming
  Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
  
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• Cortinarius elytropus – France
• Cortinarius emilii – France
• Cortinarius emollitoides – France
• Cortinarius epileucus – Argentina
• Cortinarius epiphaeus – New Zealand
• Cortinarius epipurrus – France
• Cortinarius epsomiensis – England
• Cortinarius erythraeus – (Australia)
• Cortinarius erythrinellus – France
• Cortinarius erythrofuscus – Spain
• Cortinarius esculentus
• Cortinarius eutactus – New Zealand
• Cortinarius evanescens – Papua New Guinea
• Cortinarius evernius
• Cortinarius exlugubris – New Zealand

F

• Cortinarius fallaciosus – France
• Cortinarius falsosus – France
• Cortinarius famatus – France
• Cortinarius fasciatus
• Cortinarius fascicularoides – France
• Cortinarius fistularioides – France
• Cortinarius flavidolilacinus
• Cortinarius flavidulus – New Zealand
• Cortinarius flavifolius
• Cortinarius flavovirens
• Cortinarius flexipes
  Cortinarius flexipes
  Cortinarius flexipes is a fungus, specifically a mushroom, a small brown species in the genus Cortinarius. It is commonly known as the Pelargonium webcap because of its unusual smell of Pelargonium ....
  
  
• Cortinarius fragrans
• Cortinarius fulgens
• Cortinarius fulmineus
• Cortinarius fuscoumbonatus – Australia
• Cortinarius fusisemen – France

G

• Cortinarius gaiacofuscus – France
• Cortinarius galeacampanulatus – France
• Cortinarius galeobdolon
• Cortinarius galeriniformis – Brazil
• Cortinarius galerinoides – France
• Cortinarius gallairei – France
• Cortinarius gallurae – Italy
• Cortinarius gallurensis – Italy
• Cortinarius gamundiae – Argentina
• Cortinarius gaudiosus – Argentina
• Cortinarius gausapatus – Switzerland
• Cortinarius gayi – Argentina
• Cortinarius gemmeus – New Zealand
• Cortinarius gentianeus – France
• Cortinarius gentilis
  Cortinarius gentilis
  Cortinarius gentilis is a deadly fungus of the genus Cortinarius, normally found in North America and Europe....
  
  
• Cortinarius gentilissimus – USA
• Cortinarius geophilus – France
• Cortinarius georgianae – France
• Cortinarius georgiolens – France
• Cortinarius geosmus
• Cortinarius glaucopus
• Cortinarius griseoluridus
• Cortinarius griseoviolaceus

H

• Cortinarius haasii
• Cortinarius haematochelis
• Cortinarius haematocheloides – France
• Cortinarius harrisii – Australia
• Cortinarius hebelomaticus – New Zealand
• Cortinarius hebelomoides – USA
• Cortinarius hedyaromaticus – USA (Montana)
• Cortinarius heliotropicus
• Cortinarius helobius – France
• Cortinarius helodes – USA (Wyoming)
• Cortinarius helvelloides
• Cortinarius helveolus
• Cortinarius helviodor – France
• Cortinarius hemitrichus
  Cortinarius hemitrichus
  Cortinarius hemitrichus, also known as the frosty webcap, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. Young mushrooms are characterized by their brown cone-shaped caps covered with dense white fibrils.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Cortinarius henricii – France
• Cortinarius henryanus – France
• Cortinarius herbarum – France
• Cortinarius herculeolens – France
• Cortinarius herculeus – Morocco
• Cortinarius herculinus – France
• Cortinarius herculoides – Mauritania
• Cortinarius hercynicus
• Cortinarius hercynius
• Cortinarius herpeticus
• Cortinarius heterochroma – Argentina
• Cortinarius heterochromus
• Cortinarius heterocyclus – Sweden
• Cortinarius heterosporus
• Cortinarius hiemalis – France
• Cortinarius hillieri – France
• Cortinarius hinnuleoarmillatus – France
• Cortinarius hinnuleolus – France
• Cortinarius hinnuleoradicatus – France
• Cortinarius hinnuleoscitus – France
• Cortinarius hinnuleovelatus – France
• Cortinarius hinnuleus
• Cortinarius hinnuloides
• Cortinarius hircinoides
• Cortinarius hircinosmus – France
• Cortinarius hircinus
• Cortinarius hircosus
• Cortinarius hirtipes
• Cortinarius hoffmannii – France
• Cortinarius holojanthinus – Argentina
• Cortinarius holophaeus
• Cortinarius holovioleipes – France
• Cortinarius holoxanthus
• Cortinarius homomorphus – France
• Cortinarius hoplites – Iceland
• Cortinarius horakii – Los Lagos
  Los Lagos
  Los Lagos may refer to:*Los Lagos Region, Chile*Los Lagos Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina*Los Lagos, Chile, a town and municipality in Los Rios Region...
  
  
• Cortinarius hualo – Chile
• Cortinarius hujusmodi – France
• Cortinarius humboldtensis – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius humicola
• Cortinarius humilior – France
• Cortinarius humilis – Argentina
• Cortinarius humolens – Italy
• Cortinarius huronensis – USA

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• Cortinarius ignellus
• Cortinarius ignotus
• Cortinarius illibatus
• Cortinarius illuminus
• Cortinarius immixtus
• Cortinarius impennis
• Cortinarius incisus
• Cortinarius infernalis
• Cortinarius infractus
  Cortinarius infractus
  Cortinarius infractus, commonly known as the sooty-olive Cortinarius or the bitter webcap, is an inedible basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. The fungus produces sooty-olive fruit bodies with sticky caps measuring up to in diameter...
  
  
• Cortinarius insignitus – France
• Cortinarius integerrimus – France
• Cortinarius intempestivus – France
• Cortinarius inusitatus – Spain
• Cortinarius iodes
• Cortinarius iodioides
• Cortinarius ionema – USA (Washington)
• Cortinarius ionodactylus
• Cortinarius ionomataius
• Cortinarius ionophyllus
• Cortinarius iringa – New Zealand
• Cortinarius isabellae – France

J

• Cortinarius jacobi-langei
• Cortinarius jacobii – France
• Cortinarius janthinocaulis
• Cortinarius janthinophaeus – Chile
• Cortinarius joannis
• Cortinarius josephii
• Cortinarius josserandii – France
• Cortinarius junghuhnii

K

• Cortinarius kaimanawa
• Cortinarius kaputarensis

L

• Cortinarius laetissimus
• Cortinarius laniger
• Cortinarius lamproxanthus
• Cortinarius laniger
• Cortinarius laquellus
• Cortinarius largus
• Cortinarius latus
• Cortinarius lilacinus
• Cortinarius lividoochraceus
• Cortinarius lucorum
• Cortinarius lustratus
• Cortinarius luteoarmillatus

M

• Cortinarius maculobulga
• Cortinarius magnivelatus
• Cortinarius malachius
• Cortinarius malicorius – also known as Dermocybe malicoria (North America)
• Cortinarius marylandensis
• Cortinarius metallicus (previously Rozites metallica) (Australia)
• Cortinarius metarius
• Cortinarius michiganensis
• Cortinarius miniatopus
• Cortinarius montanus
• Cortinarius mucifluus
• Cortinarius mucosus
  Cortinarius mucosus
  Cortinarius mucosus, commonly known as the orange webcap or the slimy cortinarius, is a species of mushroom in the family Cortinariaceae. In North America, the species is more commonly associated with northern coniferous forests...
  
  
• Cortinarius multiformus – eaten in Europe, unknown edibility in North America
• Cortinarius mutabilis

N

• Cortinarius nanceiensis
• Cortinarius naphthalinus
• Cortinarius napivelatus
• Cortinarius nebulobrunneus
• Cortinarius necessarius
• Cortinarius nigrocuspidatus

O

• Cortinarius obtusus
• Cortinarius occidentalis
• Cortinarius odorifer
• Cortinarius olivaceopictus – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius olympianus
• Cortinarius orellanosus
• Cortinarius orellanus – (Europe, North America)
• Cortinarius orichalceus
• Cortinarius osmorphus

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• Cortinarius paleaceus
• Cortinarius pallidifolius
• Cortinarius paropimus
• Cortinarius percomis
• Cortinarius phoeniceus – also known as Dermocybe phoenicea (Europe)
• Cortinarius pholideus
• Cortinarius pinetorum
• Cortinarius pinigaudis
• Cortinarius plumiger
• Cortinarius ponderosus
  Cortinarius ponderosus
  Cortinarius ponderosus, also known as the Ponderous Cortinarius, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. It is very large and due to its thick stem it can be mistaken for Boletus edulis.- Description:...
  
  
• Cortinarius praestans
  Cortinarius praestans
  Cortinarius praestans, also known as the goliath webcap, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. The mushroom has orangish-yellow caps that reach up to in diameter, and thick club-shaped stems up to long...
  
  – goliath webcap (Europe)
• Cortinarius prasinus
• Cortinarius privignus
• Cortinarius psammocephalus
• Cortinarius pseudoarquatus
• Cortinarius pseudobolaris
• Cortinarius pseudosalor
• Cortinarius pulchellus
• Cortinarius puniceus
• Cortinarius purpurascens
  Cortinarius purpurascens
  Cortinarius purpurascens, also known as the bruising webcap, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. The fruit bodies grow in groups on the ground in coniferous forests, throughout the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, including Europe and North America.-Taxonomy:The species...
  
  – (Europe)
• Cortinarius pyriodorus

Q

• Cortinarius quaerendus – France
• Cortinarius quarciticus – Sweden
• Cortinarius quaresimalis – Australia (Tasmania)
• Cortinarius quercoarmillatus – Costa Rica
• Cortinarius querculus – France

R

• Cortinarius rainierensis
• Cortinarius raphanoides – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius regalis
• Cortinarius renidens
• Cortinarius rigidus
• Cortinarius roseoarmillatus
• Cortinarius rotundisporus
  Cortinarius rotundisporus
  Cortinarius rotundisporus, also known as the elegant blue webcap, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius found in southern Australia, where it is found in eucalypt forests and rainforests...
  
  – (Australia)
• Cortinarius rubellus
• Cortinarius rubicundulus
• Cortinarius rubripes
• Cortinarius rufo-olivaceus
• Cortinarius rugosolilacinus

S

• Cortinarius salor
• Cortinarius sanguineus
• Cortinarius saturninus
• Cortinarius scandens
• Cortinarius scaurus
• Cortinarius semisanguineus
  Cortinarius semisanguineus
  Cortinarius semisanguineus is a medium-sized mushroom with a pale brown to ochre cap, and bright blood-red gills. It belongs to the genus Cortinarius, a group collectively known as webcaps. It is found growing in conifer plantations, and has recently been given the fanciful common name of surprise...
  
  – also known as Dermocybe semisanguinea red-gilled cortinar (Europe & North America)
• Cortinarius sinapivelus
• Cortinarius sodagnitus
• Cortinarius sphaerosporus
• Cortinarius splendidus – also known as Dermocybe splendida splendid red skin-head (Australia)
• Cortinarius squamulosus – edible, but related species have unclassified edibility
• Cortinarius stemmatus
• Cortinarius sodagnitus
• Cortinarius sterilis
• Cortinarius stillatitius
• Cortinarius subarcheri – (Australia)
• Cortinarius subargentatus
• Cortinarius subcuspidatus
• Cortinarius subflexipes
• Cortinarius subfoetidus
• Cortinarius suboenochelis
• Cortinarius subpulchrifolius
• Cortinarius subpurpurascens
• Cortinarius subpurpureophyllus
• Cortinarius subpurpureus
• Cortinarius subtestaceus
• Cortinarius superbus

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• Cortinarius tammii
• Cortinarius tasmacamphoratus
• Cortinarius tauri – Spain
• Cortinarius tenebrosus
• Cortinarius terribilis – France
• Cortinarius tessiae – New Zealand
• Cortinarius testaceofolius – Sweden
• Cortinarius testaceofractus – France
• Cortinarius testaceoviolascens – France
• Cortinarius thalliosubflavescens – France
• Cortinarius thaumastus
• Cortinarius thiersianus – USA
• Cortinarius thiersii – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius tigrellus
• Cortinarius torvovelatus – France
• Cortinarius torvus
• Cortinarius traganus
  Cortinarius traganus
  Cortinarius traganus, also known as the gassy webcap, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. The mushrooms are characterized by their lilac color, the rusty-brown gills and spores, and rusty-brown flesh in the stem.-Taxonomy:...
  
  – gassy webcap (Europe)
• Cortinarius triformis
• Cortinarius trivialis
• Cortinarius triumphans
  Cortinarius triumphans
  Cortinarius triumphans, also known as the birch webcap, or yellow girdled webcap is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius found in Europe...
  
  
• Cortinarius turbinatoides – Italy
• Cortinarius turbinatorum – Spain
• Cortinarius turgidulus – France
• Cortinarius turmalis

U

• Cortinarius ulematus – Australia (Tasmania)
• Cortinarius uliginosus
• Cortinarius umbonatoides
• Cortinarius umbrinolutescens
• Cortinarius umbrinomammosus – France
• Cortinarius undulatofibrillosus – Czech Republic
• Cortinarius uraceus
• Cortinarius urbicus
• Cortinarius ursus – New Zealand

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• Cortinarius vacciniophilus – Norway
• Cortinarius vaccinochelis – France
• Cortinarius vaccinus – France
• Cortinarius vaginatopus – France
• Cortinarius vaginatus – Argentina
• Cortinarius vagnetoi – France
• Cortinarius validus
• Cortinarius van-campiae – Italy
• Cortinarius vanduzerensis
  Cortinarius vanduzerensis
  Cortinarius vanduzerensis is a species of mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family. Described as new to science in 1972, it is known only from the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where it grows under conifers such as spruce, hemlock, and Douglas-fir...
  
  
• Cortinarius variebulbus – France
• Cortinarius variegatuloides – France
• Cortinarius variegatulus – Argetina
• Cortinarius variicolor
• Cortinarius variiformis – Morocco
• Cortinarius variipes – France
• Cortinarius variosimilis – USA (Wyoming)
• Cortinarius varius
  Cortinarius varius
  Cortinarius varius, also known as the contrary webcap, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. The mushroom has orangish-yellow caps that reach up to in diameter, and thick club-shaped stems up to long.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Cortinarius velatocaulis – France
• Cortinarius velatus
• Cortinarius velenovskyanus – France
• Cortinarius velenovskyi – France
• Cortinarius velicopia
• Cortinarius velicopius – USA (Michigan)
• Cortinarius velutinellus – North European Russia
• Cortinarius venenosus – Japan
• Cortinarius veneris – France
• Cortinarius venosifolius – France
• Cortinarius ventricosus – USA (Wyoming)
• Cortinarius venustissimus – Sweden
• Cortinarius verallopus – France
• Cortinarius veraprilis
• Cortinarius verecundus – New Caledonia
• Cortinarius veregregius – France
• Cortinarius vernalis
• Cortinarius vernicifer
• Cortinarius vernicosus – USA (Washington)
• Cortinarius vernus – Sweden
• Cortinarius veronicae – New Zealand
• Cortinarius veronicoides
• Cortinarius verrucisporus
• Cortinarius verruculosus
• Cortinarius vibratilis
• Cortinarius violaceus
  Cortinarius violaceus
  Cortinarius violaceus is a mushroom in the genus Cortinarius. It is the type species of the genus, but is distinguished from other species due to its dark colouration and distinct cystidia...
  
  – purple cortinar (Europe), violet cort (North America)
• Cortinarius virentophyllus
• Cortinarius viscoviridis
• Cortinarius vitreopileatus
• Cortinarius volvatus
• Cortinarius vulpinus

W

• Cortinarius walpolensis – Australia
• Cortinarius washingtonensis
• Cortinarius wiebeae
• Cortinarius wirrabara – Australia (Tasmania)

X

• Cortinarius xantho-ochraceus
• Cortinarius xanthodryophilus
• Cortinarius xanthophyllus
• Cortinarius xenosma
• Cortinarius xiphidipus

Y

• Cortinarius yerillus – Australia (New South Wales)

Z

• Cortinarius zakii – edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis)
• Cortinarius zonatus
• Cortinarius zosteroides – United Kingdom