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.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Webcaps; several species contain orellanine and none is recommended for eating Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cortinarius saturninus — considered toxic
- Cortinarius subtortus — considered toxic
- Cortinarius lucorum — considered toxic
- Cortinarius anomalus — considered toxic
- Cortinarius caesioarmeniacus — considered toxic
- Thaxterogaster scaurus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Cortinariaceae
- Genus
- Cortinarius
- Species
- Cortinarius infractus
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