| Clitocybe tarda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Clitocybaceae |
| Genus: | Clitocybe |
| Species: | C. tarda
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| Binomial name | |
| Clitocybe tarda Peck
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Clitocybe tarda | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate or decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is pink |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Clitocybe tarda is a species of mushroom. It has a brownish pink cap with a smooth surface, the flesh is thin and brittle, and the cap tastes bitter. The stalk is slender and smooth. The spore print is pinkish gray. It is unknown if the species is edible, but it does not have a pleasant taste.[1]
The caps are 2–8 cm wide, and brownish closer to the center.[2] The pale gills usually become more decurrent with age.[2] The stalks are 2–6 long and 3–8 mm wide, sometimes with clusters of pale tomentum.[3] Clusters of this species can be found in areas that are used for agriculture or filled with grass.[2]
The 1896 Report of the New York State Botanist wrote that the mushroom should be called Clitopilus tardus.[4] Clitocybe tarda is possibly a synonym of Lepista sordida.[5] It resembles Collybia nuda and Collybia brunneocephala.[3]
- ^ H. McKnight, Kent (1987). A Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 145. ISBN 0-395-42101-2.
- ^ a b c Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- ^ a b Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
- ^ Report of the New York State Botanist (1896). Report of the New York State Botanist. Harvard University. p. 167. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ Desjardin, Dennis E.; Wood, Michael G.; Stevens, Frederick A. (6 June 2016). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-1-60469-660-8. LCCN 2014000925. OCLC 951644583.