Blue-Girdled Webcap vs Long-tailed Chinchilla

Cortinarius collinitus compared with Chinchilla lanigera

Key Differences

• Blue-Girdled Webcap is Least Concern while Long-tailed Chinchilla is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-Girdled Webcap	Long-tailed Chinchilla
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cortinariaceae	Chinchillidae
Genus	Cortinarius	Chinchilla
Species	Cortinarius collinitus	Chinchilla lanigera

Conservation Status

Blue-Girdled Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed Chinchilla

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-Girdled Webcap	Long-tailed Chinchilla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-Girdled Webcap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Denmark, and Ecuador.

Blue-Girdled Webcap

The Blue Girdled Webcap (Cortinarius collinitus) is a species in the genus Cortinarius. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.