Clitocybula

Clitocybula
Clitocybula abundans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Porotheleaceae
Genus: Clitocybula
(Singer) Singer ex Métrod (1952)
Type species
Clitocybula lacerata
(Scop.) Singer ex Métrod (1952)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fayodia subgen. Clitocybula Singer (1943)

Clitocybula is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Porotheleaceae but was originally classified within Marasmiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Georges Métrod in 1952.[2] Species in the genus are commonly known as "coincaps".[3]

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