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Cortinarius scoticus

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is 4 to 6 centimetres (2 to 2 in) long and 0.2 to 0.3 centimetres (0.08 to 0.1 in) thick. The stems are cylindrical. When young, they are covered with silky, white fibrils, though they mature to yellowish brown. The
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species as "ecologically important in supporting the growth of plants, particularly trees such as oak, beech, birch and pine" and playing "a key role in the carbon cycling of woodlands and providing nitrogen to trees".
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is pale, consisting of more or less parallel hyphae, 5 μm wide, without encrustations. Lower cells in the pileipellis are 19 to 44 by 10 to 20 μm. Some of these hyphae are encrusted with zebra-like incrustations.
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that are 0.7 to 1.5 centimetres (0.3 to 0.6 in) wide. They are hemispherical, maturing to a low convex or almost flat. The caps are red brown to dark red brown, and
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in the flesh of the gills are yellowish brown, fairly strongly encrusted with zebra-striped encrustations. The surface of the
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in 2020. In a year-end round-up, Kew scientists selected ten highlights, one of which was six newly described British
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forests. It was described in 2020, and named for Scotland, where it was first found. Along with five other British
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by Tuula Niskanen and Kare Liimatainen. The description was based on a collection made by Niskanen in 2015 in the
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was one of over 150 botanical and mycological taxa described by staff or affiliates of
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as a highlight of taxa described by the organisation's staff and affiliates in 2020.
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to somewhat almond-shaped, and moderately warty. They are fairly
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are 25 to 34 by 7 to 10 μm. They are club-shaped, with four
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known from central and northern Europe, where it grows in
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The 411:Lugol's solution 407:Melzer's reagent 331:Heathrow Airport 285:C. scoticus 228:Fungal Diversity 203:was selected by 201:C. scoticus 171: 151:C. scoticus 68: 67: 49: 35: 21: 789: 788: 784: 783: 782: 780: 779: 778: 769:Fungi of Europe 749: 748: 747: 742: 734: 729: 721: 716: 708: 703: 695: 690: 681: 680: 675: 662: 652: 651: 641: 639: 628: 627: 623: 613: 611: 605: 604: 600: 590: 588: 579: 578: 571: 561: 510: 509: 496: 473: 454: 436: 434:Similar species 384: 349:mushrooms have 344: 303:described from 213: 176: 173: 167: 154: 62: 17: 12: 11: 5: 787: 785: 777: 776: 774:Fungus species 771: 766: 761: 751: 750: 744: 743: 741: 740: 727: 714: 701: 688: 672: 670: 664: 663: 658: 650: 649: 621: 598: 569: 493: 492: 472: 469: 453: 450: 438:In the field, 435: 432: 383: 380: 376:universal veil 343: 340: 313:from Cumbria; 267:universal veil 212: 209: 178: 177: 174: 163: 162: 156: 155: 148: 146: 142: 141: 134: 130: 129: 127:Cortinariaceae 124: 120: 119: 114: 110: 109: 107:Agaricomycetes 104: 100: 99: 94: 90: 89: 84: 80: 79: 74: 70: 69: 56: 55: 51: 50: 42: 41: 40:Type specimen 37: 36: 28: 27: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 786: 775: 772: 770: 767: 765: 762: 760: 757: 756: 754: 737: 732: 728: 724: 719: 715: 711: 706: 702: 698: 693: 689: 684: 678: 674: 673: 671: 669: 665: 661: 656: 637: 636: 631: 625: 622: 609: 602: 599: 586: 582: 576: 574: 570: 565: 558: 554: 549: 544: 539: 534: 530: 526: 522: 520: 516: 507: 505: 503: 501: 499: 495: 491: 490: 488: 484: 479: 470: 468: 466: 462: 458: 451: 449: 447: 446: 441: 433: 431: 428: 424: 420: 416: 412: 408: 404: 400: 396: 392: 391:basidiospores 388: 381: 379: 377: 373: 369: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 341: 339: 336: 332: 328: 327: 322: 318: 317: 312: 311: 306: 302: 301: 296: 292: 291: 290:C. aurae 286: 282: 278: 274: 270: 268: 264: 260: 257: 254: 250: 246: 242: 238: 234: 230: 229: 225: 221: 220:research note 217: 210: 208: 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 185: 172: 170: 164: 161: 160:Binomial name 157: 153: 152: 147: 144: 143: 140: 139: 135: 132: 131: 128: 125: 122: 121: 118: 115: 112: 111: 108: 105: 102: 101: 98: 97:Basidiomycota 95: 92: 91: 88: 85: 82: 81: 78: 75: 72: 71: 66: 61: 57: 52: 48: 43: 38: 34: 29: 26: 22: 19: 667: 640:. 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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Cortinariaceae
Cortinarius
Binomial name
little brown mushroom
pine
webcaps
Kew Gardens
research note
journal
Fungal Diversity
Black Wood of Rannoch
Perthshire
named
holotype
Phylogenetic analysis
sect.
iodoform
universal veil
Kew Gardens
C. aurae
Black Wood of Rannoch

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