Clitocybe amarescens

Clitocybe nitrophyla is a species of agaric fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. Widely distributed in northwestern Europe, it was described as new to science in 1969 by Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja.[2] It fruits in groups or in fairy rings in grasslands.[3] Amarescens signifies "tending to bitterness".

Underside

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

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Clitocybe amarescens Harmaja". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
  2. Harmaja H. (1969). "The genus Clitocybe (Agaricales) in Fennoscandia". Karstenia. 10: 5–168 (see p. 98).
  3. Bas C, Kuyper TW, Noordeloos ME (1995). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. 3. CRC Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-90-5410-616-6.


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