Family: Cortinariaceae

Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Agaricomycetes:> Agaricales:> Cortinariaceae:> Cortinarius, Crepidotus, Dermocybe, Descolea, Galerina, Gymnopilus, Inocybe, Unidentified

A large family of both Mycorrhizal and Saprophytic fungi all with brown textured spores.

Genus: Cortinarius

This guenus are typically recognised by the presence of a cortina. The cortina is a veil silky or cobwebby fibbers which protects the gills of a young mushroom. That collapses as the cap opens in most cases, often leaving hairs on the stem which are then stain brown from the spores.

Cortinarius achrous

Cortinarius alboaggregatus

Cortinarius alboroseus

Cortinarius armiae

Cortinarius atrolazulinus

Cortinarius atroviolaceus

Cortinarius australiensis

Cortinarius casteneodiscus

Cortinarius castoreus

Cortinarius chalybeus

Cortinarius chrysma

Cortinarius collybianus

Cortinarius cretax

Cortinarius cucumeris

Cortinarius cycneus

Cortinarius dysodes

Cortinarius elaiochrous

Cortinarius elaiops

Cortinarius icterinoides

Cortinarius ignellus

Cortinarius ignotus

Cortinarius lubricanescens

Cortinarius luteinus

Cortinarius cf. magellanicus

Cortinarius meleagris

Cortinarius mariae

Cortinarius naphthalinus

Cortinarius orphyx

Cortinarius paraoniti

Cortinarius persplendidus

Cortinarius phaeomyxa

Cortinarius pselioticton

Cortinarius rattinus

Cortinarius rhipiduranus

Cortinarius rotundisporus

Cortinarius subcalyptrosporus

Cortinarius subcastanellus

Cortinarius taylorianus

Cortinarius tessiae

Cortinarius ursus

Cortinarius veronicae

Cortinarius vitreopileatus

Sequestrate Fungi

These are fungi which have lost there ability to forceful eject there spores in stead they rely on insects and birds to eat and cary them off for disperse. Many are brightly coloured and found on or partly beried in the ground some still retain a week stalk but others have even lost this.

Cortinarius ohauensis

Cortinarius peraurantiacus

Cortinarius porphyroideus

Unidentified Species

The fungi below are those that I have been unable to identify beyond there genus. This likely due to me miss understanding the keys or a species that has not yet been described (named).

Cortinarius sp.

Undescribed Species

Those fungi below are some that appear not to have been described (named) which is surprising for this genus has had a lot of work gone into it in resent years.

Cortinarius species

Genus: Crepidotus

A narrowly attached, shelf-shaped bracket,with gills beneath, radiating from the point of attachment. There is little or no stalk. Fruit bodies occur singly or in small groupings. A poorly understood genus with most New Zealand species not having been named.

Crepidotus Sp.

Genus: Dermocybe

Dermocybe alienata

Dermocybe canaria

Dermocybe cardinalis

Dermocybe indotata

Dermocybe leptospermorum

Dermocybe purpurata

Dermocybe vinicolor

Genus: Descolea

Unlike other members of the cortinarius group this genus is recognised by a large membranous collar and microscopically by a cellular cutis structure.

Descolea gunnii

Descolea phlebophora

Descolea majestatica

Genus: Galerina

Galerina are a genus of small saprotrophic agarics having a bell-shaped cap, and gills attached to a long and slender cartilaginous stem with ornament brown spores. Many of which are toxic and occasionally confused with hallucinogenic species of Psilocybe.

Galerina patagonica

Galerina austrocalyptrata

Unidentified

The fungi below are those that I have been unable to identify beyond there genus. This maybe due to me miss understanding the keys or a species that has not yet been described (named).

Galerina species

Genus: Gymnopilus

These are medium to large, brown saprophytic fungi which are found growing from dead wood or woodchip mulch.

Gymnopilus junonius

Gymnopilus sp

Spores

Genus: Inocybe

Inocybe albovestita

Inocybe amygdalina

Inocybe calamistratoides

Inocybe destruens

Inocybe latericia

Inocybe strobilomyces

Inocybe species

Genus: Astrosporina

The Inocybe group are seperated into two primarly by spore shape. Astrosporina haveing spores which are covered in round nodules while Inocybe are smooth.

Astrosporina leptospermi

Astrosporina species

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