Tubaria furfuracea

Tubaria furfuracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tubariaceae
Genus:	Tubaria
Species:	T. furfuracea
Binomial name
	Tubaria furfuracea; (Pers.) Gillet (1876)
Synonyms
	Agaricus furfuraceus Pers. (1801);

Tubaria furfuracea, commonly known as the scurfy twiglet,^[1] is a common species of agaric fungus in the family Tubariaceae. It was first described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1801 as a species of Agaricus.^[2] French mycologist Claude-Casimir Gillet transferred it to the genus Tubaria in 1876.^[3]

Description[]

The mushroom cap is 1–4 cm wide, orange-brown, convex to flat and depressed, with small marginal patches of veil which disappear with age or rain; its odor is mild.^[4] The gills are brown and adnate to slightly decurrent.^[4] The stalk is 1–5 cm tall and 2–4 mm wide.^[4] The spores are pale reddish-brown, elliptical, and smooth.^[4]

The species is considered inedible.^[5]

Similar species[]

Similar species include T. confragosa,^[4] Galerina marginata, and Psilocybe cyanescens.

References[]

^ Holden L. "English Names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
^ Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis methodica fungorum (in Latin). Göttingen. p. 454.
^ Gillet CC. (1876). Les Hyménomycètes ou Description de tous les Champignons qui Croissent en France (in French). Alençon: Ch. Thomas. pp. 537–538.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 250–251. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.

External links[]

Tubaria furfuracea in Index Fungorum

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[BMS-1] Holden L. "English Names for fungi 2014". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

[Persoon_1801-2] Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis methodica fungorum (in Latin). Göttingen. p. 454.

[Gillet_1876-3] Gillet CC. (1876). Les Hyménomycètes ou Description de tous les Champignons qui Croissent en France (in French). Alençon: Ch. Thomas. pp. 537–538.

[:0-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 250–251. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.

[5] Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.

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