List of Cortinarius species

With around 2000 species, Cortinarius is the biggest genus of mushrooms. The list is by no means complete; please add to it. Apart from a few species such as C. caperatus, many even so-called edible species appear to have very similar species which are at least inedible if not poisonous. or otherwise may differ in edibility geographically.




 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius acutus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius adustus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius aggregatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius albidus - (North America)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius alboviolaceus - Silver-violet webcap (Europe)
 * [[image:Poisonous toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius amethystinus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius amoenelens = C. cyanopus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius angulosus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius anomalus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius archeri - (Australia)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius argentatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius armeniacus
 * [[image:Inedible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius armillatus - Bracelet Cortinar (North America)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius atkinsonianus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius aurantiobasis - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius aureifolius - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius aureofulvus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius australiensis (previously Rozites australiensis)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius austrovenetus - also known as Dermocybe austroveneta Green Skin-head (Australia)
 * [[image:Inedible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius balteato-cumatilis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius balteatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius biformis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius bigelowii
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius bivelus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius bolaris
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius boulderensis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius brunneus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius builliardi
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius bulbosus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cacaocolor
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius caerulescens
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius caesiifolius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius caesiocyaneus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius caesiostramenius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius californicus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius callisteus - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius calochrous
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius calyptratus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius calyptrodermus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius camphoratus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius caninus
 * [[image:Edible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius caperatus (previously Rozites caperata) Gypsy Mushroom (Europe, North America)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius castaneicolor
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cedretorum
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cinnabarinus
 * [[image:Inedible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cinnamomeus - also known as Dermocybe cinnamomea (Europe, North America), may be edible, but has deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cinnamomeus-luteus - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius citrinifolius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius citrinipedes
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius clandestinus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius claricolor - eaten in Europe, unknown edibility in North America
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cliduchus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius collinitus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius corrugatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius corrugis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cotoneus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius crassus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius croceofolius - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius crocolitus
 * [[image:Inedible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius crystallinus
 * [[image:Inedible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius cyanites
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius damascenus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius decipiens
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius delibutus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius dibaphus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius dilutus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius distans
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius duracinus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius elatior
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius elegantioides
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius elegantior
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius erythraeus - (Australia)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius evernius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius fasciatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius flavifolius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius flavovirens
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius fragrans
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius fulgens
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius fulmineus
 * [[image:Deadly toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius gentilis
 * [[image:Edible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius glaucopus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius griseoluridus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius griseoviolaceus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius haematochelis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius heliotropicus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius hemitrichus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius hercynius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius herpeticus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius humboldtensis - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius immixtus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius impennis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius incisus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius infractus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius iodes
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius iodioides
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius laniger
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius largus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius latus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius lilacinus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius lucorum
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius lustratus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius luteoarmillatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius magnivelatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius malachius
 * [[image:Inedible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius malicorius - also known as Dermocybe malicoria (North America)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius marylandensis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius metallicus (previously Rozites metallica) (Australia)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius metarius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius michiganensis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius miniatopus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius montanus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius mucifluus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius mucosus
 * [[image:Edible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius multiformus - eaten in Europe, unknown edibility in North America
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius mutabilis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius nigrocuspidatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius obtusus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius occidentalis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius odorifer
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius olivaceopictus - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius olympianus
 * [[image:Deadly toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius orellanus - (Europe, North America)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius orichalceus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius osmorphus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius paleaceus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pallidifolius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius percomis
 * [[image:Inedible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius phoeniceus - also known as Dermocybe phoenicea (Europe)
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pholideus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pinetorum
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius plumiger
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius ponderosus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius praestans - Goliath webcap (Europe)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius prasinus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius privignus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius psammocephalus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pseudoarquatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pseudobolaris
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pseudosalor
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pulchellus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius puniceus
 * [[image:Edible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius purpurascens - (Europe)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius pyriodorus
 * [[image:Deadly toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius rainierensis
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius raphanoides - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius regalis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius renidens
 * [[image:Deadly toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius rubellus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius rubicundulus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius rubripes
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius rufo-olivaceus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius salor
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius sanguineus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius saturninus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius scandens
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius scaurus
 * [[image:Inedible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius semisanguineus- also known as Dermocybe semisanguinea Red-gilled Cortinar (Europe & North America)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius sodagnitus
 * [[image:Deadly toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius speciosissimus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius sphaerosporus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius splendidus - also known as Dermocybe splendida Splendid Red Skin-head (Australia)
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius squamulosus - edible, but related species have unclassified edibility
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius stemmatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius sodagnitus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius sterilis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius stillatitius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subarcheri - (Australia)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subargentatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subcuspidatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subflexipes
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subfoetidus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subpulchrifolius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subpurpurascens
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subpurpureophyllus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subpurpureus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius subtestaceus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius superbus
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius thiersii - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius torvus
 * [[image:Poisonous_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius traganus - Gassy webcap (Europe)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius triformis
 * [[image:Inedible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius trivialis
 * [[image:Edible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius triumphans
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius turmalis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius uliginosus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius uraceus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius urbicus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius vanduzerensis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius variicolor
 * [[image:Edible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius varius
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius velatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius velicopia
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius verrucisporus
 * [[image:Inedible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius vibratilis
 * [[image:Edible_toxicity_icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius violaceus - Purple Cortinar (Europe)
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius virentophyllus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius volvatus
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius washingtonensis
 * [[image:Unknown toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius wiebeae
 * [[image:Edible toxicity icon.png|15px]]Cortinarius zakii - edible, but deadly look-alikes (C. gentilis).