Clitocybe amarescens

Clitocybe amarescens is a species of agaric fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. Widely distributed in northwestern Europe, it was first described in 1969 by Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja.[3] It fruits in groups or in fairy rings in grasslands.[4] Amarescens signifies "tending to bitterness".[5]

Underside

Clitocybe amarescens
"Clitocybe amarescens" from Commanster, Belgium
Clitocybe amarescens from Commanster, Belgium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Tricholomataceae
Genus: Clitocybe
Species:
C. amarescens
Binomial name
Clitocybe amarescens
Harmaja (1969)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lepista amarescens (Harmaja) Harmaja (1976)
  • Clitocybe nitrophila Bon (1979)[2]
  • Clitocybe amarescens var. nitrophila (Bon) E.Ludw. (2012)

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Clitocybe amarescens Harmaja". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  2. Bon M. (1978). "Tricholomataceae de France et d'Europe occidentale - 5 - (Sous-famille Leucopaxilloideae (Singer) Bon)". Documents Mycologiques (in French). 9 (33): 1–79 (see p. 43).
  3. Harmaja H. (1969). "The genus Clitocybe (Agaricales) in Fennoscandia". Karstenia. 10: 5–168 (see p. 98). doi:10.29203/ka.1969.62.
  4. Bas C, Kuyper TW, Noordeloos ME (1995). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. Vol. 3. CRC Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-90-5410-616-6.
  5. Charlton T. Lewis (1879). A Latin Dictionary. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-1-99-985578-9.


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