Fungalpedia – Note 2554, Cortinariaceae

 

Cortinariaceae. Singer.

Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.

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Classification: Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi

Notes: The limits of the large, species-rich family Cortinariaceae remain unclear. Most species in this family belong to Cortinarius. Many genera formerly placed in the Cortinariaceae, e.g., Phaeocollybia, Hebeloma and Galerina have been moved to other families in the Agaricales. Conversely, the sequestrate genera, Thaxterogaster, Quadrispora, Protoglossum and Hymenogaster as well as Cuphocybe, Rapacea and species of Rozites, once thought to belong to the Cortinariaceae, are currently included in Cortinarius (Peintner et al. 2001, 2002).

Type genus: Cortinarius (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 627 (1821).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Cortinariaceae.

 

References

Peintner U, Bougher NL, Castellano MA, Moncalvo JM, Moser MM, Trappe JM, Vilgalys R 2001 – Multiple origins of seques trate fungi related to Cortinarius (Cortinariaceae). Am J Bot 88:2168–2179.

Peintner U, Horak E, Moser M, Vilgalys R 2002 – Phylogeny of Rozites, Cuphocybe and Rapacea inferred from ITS and LSU rDNA sequences. Mycologia 94:620–629.

 

Entry by

Saranyaphat Boonmee, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 6 June 2026

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