Blushing Webcap vs Sambar de Java

Cortinarius cyanites compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

Blushing Webcap is Data Deficient while Sambar de Java is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blushing Webcap	Sambar de Java
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)
Family	Cortinariaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Cortinarius	Rusa
Species	Cortinarius cyanites	Rusa timorensis

Conservation Status

Blushing Webcap

DD — Data Deficient

Sambar de Java

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blushing Webcap	Sambar de Java
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blushing Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Sambar de Java

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius, New Zealand, and Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Blushing Webcap

The Blushing Webcap (Cortinarius cyanites) is a species in the genus Cortinarius. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.