Phlegmacium subfraudulosum
Phlegmacium subfraudulosum is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Cortinariaceae.[1] It was previously known as Cortinarius subfraudulosus.
TaxonomyThe species was described in 2014 and classified as Cortinarius subfraudulosus. It was placed in the subgenus Phlegmacium of the large mushroom genus Cortinarius.[2] In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Phlegmacium subfoetidum based on genomic data.[3] EtymologyThe specific epithet subfraudulosus referred to its similarity to Cortinarius fraudulosus[2] (since reclassified as Phlegmacium fraudulosum).[3] With its reclassification the specific epithet was changed to subfraudulosum. Habitat and distributionFound in Fennoscandia and Estonia, where it grows on the ground in hemiboreal and boreal forests.[2] See alsoReferences
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