Clitocybula is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Porotheleaceae but was originally classified within Marasmiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Georges Métrod in 1952. Species in the genus are commonly known as "coincaps".
Description Clitocybula fruit bodies are small- to medium-sized, with a morphology ranging from clitocyboid, collybioid, mycenoid, pleurotoid, to omphalinoid. Gills are decurrent, and the stipe is cylindrical and equal in width throughout its length. Clitocybula spores are smooth, ellipsoid to roughly spherical in shape, hyaline (translucent), and mostly amyloid (staining with Melzer's reagent).
Species Image Name Distribution Clitocybula abundans (Peck) Singer 1954North America Clitocybula azurea Singer 1973Brazil and Venezuela Clitocybula canariensis Barrasa, Esteve-Rav. & Dähncke 2006 Canary Islands Clitocybula ellipsospora N Santamaria, L Rubio-Casas, JC Zamora 2022 Iberian Peninsula Clitocybula esculenta Nagas. & Redhead 1988 Japan Clitocybula familia (Peck) Singer 1954North America, Europe Clitocybula globispora (Raithelh.) Raithelh. 1983 Clitocybula grisella (G.Stev. & G.M.Taylor) E.Horak 1971 Clitocybula lacerata (Scop.) Métrod 1952 United Kingdom Clitocybula mellea Singer 1954 Clitocybula oculata (Murrill) H.E.Bigelow 1973 Clitocybula oculus (Peck) Singer 1962 North America Clitocybula omphaliiformis Pegler 1977 Clitocybula paropsis Raithelh. 1990 Clitocybula striata Dähncke, Contu & Vizzini 2010 Clitocybula tarnensis (Speg.) Singer 1954 Clitocybula tilieti (Singer) Singer 1962
See also
List of Agaricales genera List of Marasmiaceae genera
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