Clitocybe

Translingual

Clitocybe nebularis

Etymology

Coined by Swedish mycologist Elias Fries in 1821, from Ancient Greek κλίτος (klítos, “slope”) κύβη (kúbē, “head”).

Proper noun

Clitocybe f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tricholomataceae – very many, often poisonous mushrooms.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Clitocybe nebularis (clouded agaric) - type species; Clitocybe brumalis (winter funnel cap), Clitocybe dealbata (ivory funnel, sweating mushroom), Clitocybe fragrans (fragrant funnel), Clitocybe maxima (giant clitocybe), Clitocybe odora (aniseed toadstool), Clitocybe rivulosa (fool's funnel), Clitocybe saeva (field blewit or blue-leg), Clitocybe gibba (common funnel cap) - selected other species

Derived terms

• Ampulloclitocybe
• Clitocybe candicans (now Leucocybe candicans)
• Clitocybe catinus ( now Infundibulicybe catinus)
• Clitocybe clavipes (now Ampulloclitocybe clavipes)
• Clitocybe geotropa (now Infundibulicybe geotropa, trooping funnel, monk's head agaric)
• Clitocybe nuda (now Lepista nuda, wood blewit)

Descendants

• → Italian: clitocibe (learned)

References

• Clitocybe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clitocybe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Clitocybe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Clitocybe at MycoBank