Gasparini, B. (2007), Genus Cortinarius, subgenus Phlegmacium in Tasmania. New Zealand Journal of Botany 45: 174 [tax. nov.]

• Type: “HOLOTYPE: Australia, South-east Tasmania, Mt Leillateah, D. Ratkowsky, 9 May 1998, HO 510370.”

• Etymology: "From Latin australis, southern, and sagin[at]us, opulent, a southern species similar to Cortinarius saginus Fr."

AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]

Liimatainen, K., Kim, J.T., Pokorny, L., Kirk, P.M., Dentinger, B., Niskanen, T. (23 February 2022), Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data. Fungal Diversity 112: 158 [basionym]

basionym of: Thaxterogaster austrosaginus (Gasparini) Niskanen & Liimat. legitimate

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