Australian Web-cap Mushrooms

Some Australian Web-cap Mushrooms:
Cortinarius, Dermocybe, Descolea Fungi

Dermocybe canaria showing an intact cortina

When they are young, web-cap mushrooms have a cortina, which is web-like veil that runs between the stem of the fungus and the cap margins The web is in place of a fleshy ring but because it is usually quite fine, the threads quickly break and usually, on older specimens all that remains is a discoloured band of threads towards the top of the stem. The spores of web-caps are usually copious and rust coloured so that older specimens tend to have gills and stems that are stained a rust colour.

The web-caps include Cortinarius, Dermocybes, Cuphocybes, Crepidotus and Descolea fungi.

Cortinarius is a very large group of mostly poisonous mushrooms and many Australian varieties have not been described and named. For more Australian Cortinarius, Dermocybe and Descolea mushrooms, consult fungioz app.