Big-Bellied Webcap vs Clusterspike False Indigo

Cortinarius largus compared with Amorpha crenulata

Key Differences

• Big-Bellied Webcap is Least Concern while Clusterspike False Indigo is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Bellied Webcap	Clusterspike False Indigo
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)	Fabales (マメ目)
Family	Cortinariaceae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cortinarius	Amorpha
Species	Cortinarius largus	Amorpha crenulata

Conservation Status

Big-Bellied Webcap

LC — Least Concern

Clusterspike False Indigo

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Bellied Webcap	Clusterspike False Indigo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Bellied Webcap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Clusterspike False Indigo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Big-Bellied Webcap

The Big-Bellied Webcap (Cortinarius largus) 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.

Clusterspike False Indigo

Amorpha crenulata, known as clusterspike false indigo or crenulate lead plant, is a critically endangered flowering shrub in the family Fabaceae with a highly restricted distribution confined to Miami-Dade County in southern Florida, USA. This species represents one of North America's rarest plants, with remaining populations numbering in the hundreds of individuals occurring in pine rockland habitat, an ecosystem itself ranked among the most imperiled in the United States. Pine rocklands are fire-dependent communities on exposed oolitic limestone, characterized by an open canopy of slash pine over diverse understory, and have been reduced to less than two percent of their historical extent by urban development in the Miami metropolitan area. Amorpha crenulata produces elongated spikes of small purple flowers typical of the genus and was historically more widespread across the Miami Rock Ridge before land development eliminated most habitat. Current populations exist primarily within Everglades National Park and a few private preserves. Its Critically Endangered status reflects the tiny remaining population, extreme habitat restriction, ongoing threats from urbanization, altered fire regimes, and sea-level rise that threatens low-elevation limestone habitats. Conservation efforts focus on habitat protection, controlled burning to maintain pine rockland structure, and ex situ seed banking.