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Bloodred Webcap

Cortinarius sanguineus · Family Cortinariaceae · Updated October 2026

273US records

24states

Augbusiest month

273 US records since 1894 (75 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Nov 25, 2023 (about 3 years ago) near Presidential Lakes Estates, Burlington County, NJ, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and the busiest months are Aug, Oct and Jul. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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☠ Dangerous genus. The genus Cortinarius includes webcaps containing orellanine. Mushrooms in this group have caused serious or fatal poisonings.

Lookalike warning. Many mushrooms, including deadly ones, closely resemble each other, and the only reliable identification comes from an expert looking at the actual specimen (often with spore prints or microscopy). Never use a name, photo or record count on this page to decide what something is.

When it's recorded

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Oct, Jul.

Where it's recorded

State	Records	Latest sighting
New Jersey	192	Nov 25, 2023
Pennsylvania	24	Jul 28, 2023
North Carolina	13	Sep 19, 2020
California	5	Dec 5, 1971
West Virginia	5	Jul 14, 2011
Tennessee	5	Aug 27, 2017
Massachusetts	3	Oct 4, 2021
Maine	3	Sep 19, 1971
Vermont	3	–
Washington	3	Nov 8, 1987
Delaware	2	Aug 25, 1894
Louisiana	2	Oct 12, 1957

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (36) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (29) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Mercer County, NJ (23) · latest May 4, 2019
Morris County, NJ (22) · latest Jul 20, 2019
Burlington County, NJ (20) · latest Nov 25, 2023
Hunterdon County, NJ (15) · latest Aug 25, 2019
Monmouth County, NJ (13) · latest Aug 22, 2015
Bucks County, PA (13) · latest Jul 28, 2023
Middlesex County, NJ (12) · latest Aug 18, 2019
Warren County, NJ (11) · latest Jul 28, 2019

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