🍄 Family

Paxillaceae

4 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Boletales › Paxillaceae

Paxillus involutus is a common Northern Hemisphere ectomycorrhizal mushroom that can cause fatal autoimmune hemolysis when eaten repeatedly.

Paxillus cuprinus is a poisonous, small mushroom that grows under birch trees, similar to Paxillus involutus.

Gyrodon lividus is a bolete mushroom that forms ectomycorrhizal associations with alder and is found across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Paragyrodon sphaerosporus is a fungus with blotchy yellow-brown caps found primarily around the Great Lakes, and associated with oaks in Colorado.

Related Families

Boletaceae 137 species Suillaceae 30 species Gomphidiaceae 9 species Sclerodermataceae 8 species Diplocystidiaceae 4 species Calostomataceae 3 species Gyroporaceae 3 species Hygrophoropsidaceae 3 species

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