Kingdom Fungi Family Cortinariaceae Scientific name Gymnopilus abruptus Rank Species | Division Basidiomycota Genus Cortinarius Higher classification Cortinarius Order Agaricales | |
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Similar Cortinarius, Cortinarius anthracinus, Silky webcap, Cortinarius cyanites, Cortinarius brunneus | ||
Cortinarius callisteus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. It was first described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1818 as Agaricus callisteus. Two decades later he transferred it to the genus Cortinarius in his 1838 work Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici.
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