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Clitocybe
Sign in to saveClitocybe 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.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyTricholomataceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,755
- With media
- 4,113
- Family
- Tricholomataceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, OSC, UFPB, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UJAT, ILL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Brasil, Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Toxicity
- Selected species
- Taxonomic status unclear
- Reclassified
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Clitocybe means sloping head.
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