Species

Cortinarius infractus (Bitter olive cort)

Cortinarius infractus. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cortinarius infractus, commonly known as the sooty-olive Cortinarius or the bitter webcap, is an inedible basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Cortinarius. The fungus produces sooty-olive fruit bodies with sticky caps measuring up to 13 cm (5.1 in) in diameter. The fruit bodies contains alkaloids that inhibit the enzyme acetylcholinesterase.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Agaricineae
        Family: Cortinariaceae
        Genus: Cortinarius (Webcaps)
        Subgenus: Infracti
        Section: Infracti (Cortinarius sect. infracti)
        Species: Cortinarius infractus (Bitter olive cort)

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