Clitocybe

Clitocybe
Clitocybe nebularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Clitocybaceae
Genus: Clitocybe
(Fr.) Staude (1857)[1]
Type species
Clitocybe nebularis
(Batsch) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms[2]
  • Agaricus subtrib. Dasyphylli Fr. (1821)
  • Agaricus trib. Clitocybe Fr. (1821)
  • Trigonipes Velen. (1939)
  • Clitocybe subgen. Pseudolyophyllum Singer (1943)
  • Singerella Harmaja (1974)
  • Pseudolyophyllum (Singer) Raithelh. (1979)

Clitocybe is a genus of mushrooms characterized by white, off-white, buff, cream, pink, or light-yellow spores, gills running down the stem, and pale white to brown or lilac coloration. They are primarily saprotrophic, decomposing forest ground litter. There are estimated to be around 300 species in the widespread genus.[3]

Clitocybe means sloping head.

A few members of the genus are considered edible; many others are poisonous, containing the toxin muscarine among others. Distinguishing individual species of Clitocybe is generally prohibitively difficult to non-experts, requiring the analysis of microscopic characters. Therefore, with the exception of a few charismatic and readily identified members, Clitocybe mushrooms are rarely collected for consumption.

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  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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