Clitocybula azurea Singer is a fungus in the Marasmiaceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Clitocybula azurea Singer

Clitocybula azurea Singer

Clitocybula azurea is a native Central and South American mushroom species in genus Clitocybula, sister to C. familia.

Family
Genus
Clitocybula
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Clitocybula azurea Singer

Clitocybula azurea Singer is a mushroom species belonging to the genus Clitocybula, and it is native to Central and South America. Its spores are subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, smooth, inequilateral, and amyloid, with dimensions of 4–6.5 × 3–5 μm. Its cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia are versiform, ranging from cylindrical, clavate, or utriform to subcapitate or forms with an apical papilla, and measure 18–30 × 3.5–8 μm. Phylogenetically, Clitocybula azurea falls within Clitocybula sensu stricto, and is the sister species of Clitocybula familia.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Marasmiaceae Clitocybula

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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