Cleland, J.B. & Harris, J.R. (1948), Illustrations and descriptions of South Australian fungi. I. Agaricus and Cortinarius with special reference to antibiotic species. Records of the South Australian Museum 9: 49 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "[Australia, South Australia] Waterfall Gully, Crafers, May, June."

Grgurinovic, C.A. (1997), Larger Fungi of South Australia: 155, Pl. 11a, Fig. 86. [secondary reference]

• Type: "[Australia] SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Mt Lofty, 12.vi.1943, AD 4233 (neotype, here designated)."

• Text: "The syntypes of this species, from Waterfall Gully and Crafers, could not be located at AD, necessitating the selection of a neotype. The specimen described above agrees closely with the macroscopic details and the details of spore shape and measurements quoted in the protologue."

AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cortinarius rotundisporus Cleland & Cheel legitimate

---