New Cortinarius species from conifer-dominated forests of North America and Europe
Five new Cortinarius species with medium to large basidiomata are described based on morphological and molecular data. Three of them, Cortinarius aavae , Cortinarius brunneocalcarius , and Cortinarius grosmorneënsis , belong to subgenus Telamonia and one, Cortinarius subfloccopus , to clade /Fulvescentes. The relationship of the fifth species, Cortinarius brunneotinctus , was not solved but it resembles species of clade /Anomali. Cortinarius brunneocalcarius and C. aavae do not have close relatives within the subgenus Telamonia; whereas, C. grosmorneënsis belongs to section Brunnei. Cortinarius grosmorneënsis is only known from eastern Canada, but the other four species have a wide distribution: C. brunneocalcarius and C. subfloccopus occur in North America and Europe, and C. brunneotinctus and C. aavae in western and eastern North America. The descriptions of the novel species are presented and comparison to similar species provided.