“…According to Segedin and Pennycook (2001), 98 species have been reported from New Zealand (including the genera Dermocybe, Cuphocybe, Rapacea, Rozites and Thaxterogaster, now considered as Cortinarius) (McKenzie et al, 2000). Since these checklists were available, 32 Cortinarius taxa have been published from Australia (Gasparini, 2001(Gasparini, , 2004(Gasparini, , 2007 and 98 from New Zealand (Soop, 2001(Soop, , 2002(Soop, , 2003(Soop, , 2005(Soop, , 2013(Soop, , 2014(Soop, , 2016soop et al, 2018), and many more EcM taxa are likely to be found in unexplored ecosystems from southern temperate forest (Tedersoo and Smith, 2013). Shared species with New Zealand Nothofagaceae forests includes Cenococcum geophilum, Cortinarius melleomitis and Laccaria tetraspora (McKenzie et al, 2000), while Laccaria laccata, Cenococcum geophilum, Cortinarius teraturgus and C. amoenus are shared with Australian Nothofagaceae forests (Tedersoo et al, 2009, Horton et al, 2017.…”