Biology:Clitocybe agrestis

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Short description: Species of fungus

Clitocybe agrestis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Clitocybaceae
Genus: Clitocybe
Species:
C. agrestis
Binomial name
Clitocybe agrestis
Harmaja (1969)

Clitocybe agrestis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. Widely distributed in Europe (agrestis means "of fields") it was described as new to science in 1969 by Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja.[1] Fruitbodies are poisonous as they contain the toxin muscarine.[2]

References

  1. Harmaja H. (1969). "The genus Clitocybe (Agaricales) in Fennoscandia". Karstenia 10: 5–168 (see p. 91). doi:10.29203/ka.1969.62. 
  2. Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. 3. CRC Press. 1995. p. 58. ISBN 978-90-5410-616-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=NGGiXsS9eYwC&pg=PA58. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10455174 entry