| Bolbitius titubans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Bolbitius |
| Species: | B. titubans
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolbitius titubans (Bull.) Fr.
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| Synonyms | |
Bolbitius titubans | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is ovate or flat |
 | Hymenium is adnate or free |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible, but unpalatable |
Bolbitius titubans, also known as Bolbitius vitellinus, and commonly known as the sunny side up[1] is a widespread species of mushroom found in America and Europe. It grows chiefly on dung or heavily fertilized soil, and sometimes on grass. It is nonpoisonous.[2]
- ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. pp. 474–475. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.