Biology:Clitocybula azurea

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Short description: Species of mushroom native to Central and South America

Clitocybula azurea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Clitocybula
Species:
C. azurea
Binomial name
Clitocybula azurea
Singer

Clitocybula azurea is a species of mushroom in the genus Clitocybula.[1] It is native to Central and South America.[2]

Clitocybula azurea has subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, smooth, inequilateral, amyloid spores which measure 4–6.5 × 3–5 μm. The cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia measure 18–30 × 3.5–8 μm and are versiform, cylindrical, clavate or utriform, subcapitate or with an apical papilla. Phylogenetically Clitocybula azurea is in Clitocybula sensu stricto, and is a sister species to Clitocybula familia.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q107575153 entry