Tubaria furfuracea

Tubaria furfuracea, commonly known as the scurfy twiglet[1] or totally tedious tubaria,[2] is a common species of agaric fungus in the family Tubariaceae. It was first described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1801 as a species of Agaricus.[3] French mycologist Claude-Casimir Gillet transferred it to the genus Tubaria in 1876.[4]

Tubaria furfuracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tubariaceae
Genus:
Tubaria
Species:
T. furfuracea
Binomial name
Tubaria furfuracea
(Pers.) Gillet (1876)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus furfuraceus Pers. (1801)

Description

The mushroom cap is 1–4 cm wide, orange-brown, convex to flat and depressed, with small marginal patches of veil which disappear with age or rain; its odor is mild.[5] The gills are brown and adnate to slightly decurrent.[5] The stalk is 1–5 cm tall and 2–4 mm wide.[5] The spores are pale reddish-brown, elliptical, and smooth.[5]

The species is considered inedible.[6]

Similar species

Similar species include T. confragosa,[5] Galerina marginata, and Psilocybe cyanescens.

References
Tubaria furfuracea
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Stipe is bare or has a ring
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown
  1. Holden L. "English Names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  2. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  3. Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis methodica fungorum (in Latin). Göttingen. p. 454.
  4. Gillet CC. (1876). Les Hyménomycètes ou Description de tous les Champignons qui Croissent en France (in French). Alençon: Ch. Thomas. pp. 537–538.
  5. Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 250–251. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
  6. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.


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