Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Cortinarius anthracinus Fr., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 941 (1887)

Cortinarius purpureobadius P. Karst., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 941 (1887)
Dermocybe anthracina (Fr.) Ricken, Die Blätterpilze: 159 (1912)
Cortinarius subanthracinus Rob. Henry, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 60: 73 (1944)
Dermocybe subanthracina (Rob. Henry) M.M. Moser, Kl. Krypt.-Fl. Edn 1 (Stuttgart): 153 (1953)

Habitat: On clay or loam soil in deciduous woodland, usually associated with Fagus or Quercus spp.

Notes: Occasional in southern England. Rarely reported elsewhere. Basidiomes are small, intensely blackish-red and rather easily overlooked.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !, NI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 25578; Wales: K(M) 109544 (very old record)

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 284
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 331
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 236, pl. 293
D+I:, in Brandrud et al., Cortinarius Flora Photographica Volume 3 [English version] 3 (1994), pl. C03

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