Paxillus vernalis
Paxillus vernalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Paxillaceae |
Genus: | Paxillus |
Species: | P. vernalis
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Binomial name | |
Paxillus vernalis Watling (1969)
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Paxillus vernalis![]() | |
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![]() | gills on hymenium |
![]() | cap is depressed |
![]() | hymenium is decurrent |
![]() | stipe is bare |
![]() | spore print is brown |
![]() | ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | edibility: inedible |
Paxillus vernalis is a basidiomycete fungus found in montane forests in northern North America. It closely resembles the poisonous Paxillus involutus, and is considered likely to also be poisonous.[1] The fungus was described as new to science by Scottish mycologist Roy Watling in 1969.[2]
References[]
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ Watling R. (1969). "New fungi from Michigan". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 29 (1): 59–66.
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Categories:
- Paxillaceae
- Fungi described in 1969
- Fungi of North America
- Taxa named by Roy Watling
- Boletales stubs