Atractosporocybe

Atractosporocybe is a mushroom genus in the family Tricholomataceae in the broad sense. The type species resembles Clitocybe and grows in forests.[1]

Atractosporocybe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae sensu lato
Genus:
Atractosporocybe

P.Alvarado, G.Moreno, & Vizzini (2015)
Type species
Atractosporocybe inornata
(Sowerby) P.Alvarado, G.Moreno, & Vizzini (2015)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus inornatus Sowerby (1803)

Etymology

The name Atractosporocybe is derived from ancient Greek 'atractos' referring to the fusiform shape of the spores ('-sporo') and '-cybe', a reference to head or cap.[1]

See also

References
  1. Alvarado P, Moreno G, Vizzini A, Consiglio G, Manjón JL, Setti L (2015). "Atractosporocybe, Leucocybe and Rhizocybe, three new clitocyboid genera in the Tricholomatoid clade (Agaricales) with notes on Clitocybe and Lepista". Mycologia. 107 (1): 123–36. doi:10.3852/13-369. PMID 25344261. S2CID 22901826. Retrieved 2015-03-01.


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