Goliath Webcap
Cortinarius praestans (Cordier) Gillet
A species in the family Cortinariaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Cortinariaceae
- Genus
- Cortinarius
What it is called
- English
- Goliath Webcap
- Welsh
- Cap Gweog Cawraidd
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Agaricus praestans Cordier
- Cortinarius berkeleyi Cooke
- Cortinarius infractus Berk. ex Mussat
- Cortinarius torvus var. berkeleyi (Cooke) Boud.
- Cortinarius variicolor var. herculaneus Fr.
- Gomphos berkeleyi (Cooke) Kuntze
- Phlegmacium berkeleyi (Cooke) Velen.
- Phlegmacium pelmatosporum C.Martín
- Phlegmacium praestans (Cordier) M.M.Moser
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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