Major Groups > Gilled Mushrooms > Pale-Spored > Clitocyboid Mushrooms

Clitocyboid Mushrooms
[ Basidiomycetes > Agaricales > ?-aceae (polyphyletic ! ! ! "
by Michael #uo
$raditio%ally& 'Clitocybe' is a ge%us o( gilled mushrooms that lac) partial *eils a%d (eature +hite&
yello+ish& or pi%)ish spore pri%ts& as +ell as gills that are broadly attached to the stem or ru% do+% it!
Some mycologists separated 'Lepista&' (eaturi%g clitocyboid mushrooms +ith spi%y spores a%d pi%)ish
spore pri%ts& as a separate ge%us& +hile others *ie+ed the lepistas as a sectio% +ithi% the ge%us
Clitocybe!
,( you %oticed the -uotatio% mar)s , placed arou%d 'Clitocybe' a%d you are %o+ +aiti%g (or me to pull the
ta.o%omic rug out (rom u%der your (eet& , co%gratulate you o% ha*i%g a much better se%se o( pu%ctuatio%
tha% my (reshme%& +ho appear to belie*e +e should use '-uote mar)s' (or 'a%ythi%g' +e '+a%t' ! ! ! a%d
yes& the +riti%g is o% the +all/ +hile a comprehe%si*e 01A study o( the mushrooms traditio%ally placed i%
Clitocybe has %ot yet bee% do%e (to my )%o+ledge& e%ough +or) has bee% do%e to determi%e that the
mushrooms i% -uestio% are not all closely related! Some& i% (act& are o%ly distantly related& a%d much o(
the ge%us +ill ha*e to be split up amo%g se*eral e.isti%g (a%d se*eral %e+ ge%era!
,de%ti(icatio% o( clitocyboid mushrooms& beyo%d a ha%d(ul o( easily recog%i2ed '(ield guide species&' o(te%
depe%ds o% microscopic a%alysis--a%d Clitocybe literature (or 1orth America is hard to (i%d a%d hard to
+or) +ith! 3! 4! Bigelo+5s t+o-part mo%ograph (6789& 678: o( the North American Species of Clitocybe
is selli%g o%li%e (or about ;6:< these days! ,( you are i% Cali(or%ia& the )ey (rom 0e%ise Gregory5s Sa%
=ra%cisco State >%i*ersity masters thesis o% Clitocybe i% Cali(or%ia ca% be (ou%d o%li%e at My)o?eb&
+ithout the species descriptio%s! =urther Clitocybe literature is listed belo+!
As (ar as pro%ou%ci%g Clitocybe& ma)e it rhyme +ith ', toss a bee!' ?hile my usual respo%se to the
-uestio% o( ho+ to 'correctly' pro%ou%ce scie%ti(ic %ames is& '?ho cares?' (see this page (or details& the
case o( Clitocybe may be a% e.ceptio% i( you +a%t to a*oid the stra%ge loo)s you +ill get (rom mushroom
(ol)s +he% you pro%ou%ce it as though it +ere a% 4%glish +ord! ,t is o%e thi%g to be recei*ed as a
bump)i% +ho does%5t )%o+ ho+ to pro%ou%ce scie%ti(ic %ames& but it is a%other thi%g e%tirely to be
recei*ed as a perverted bump)i% +ho does%5t )%o+ ho+ to pro%ou%ce scie%ti(ic %ames!
Clitocyboid mushrooms& i% ge%eral& should %ot be collected (or the table! $he popular Clitocybe nuda is
a% e.ceptio%& at least (or e.perie%ced mushroomers +ho ca% separate it (rom pote%tially poiso%ous
species o( Cortinarius! But the *ast majority o( clitocybes are hard to ide%ti(y& e*e% (or mycologists! Si%ce
a (e+ species are )%o+% to be da%gerously to.ic& the ge%us is best a*oided!
Species Pages
Ampulloclitocybe (Clitocybe) clavipes
Clitocybe eccentrica
Infundibulicybe (Clitocybe) gibba
Clitocybe gigantea (Leucopaxillus giganteus)
Clitocybe (Lepista) inversa
Clitocybe maxima
Clitocybe nebularis
Clitocybe (Lepista) nuda
Clitocybe odora
Clitocybe robusta
Clitocybe sclerotoidea
Infundibulicybe (Clitocybe) squamulosa
References
Ammirati, J. F., A. D. Parker & P. B. Matheny (2007). Cleistocybe, a new genus o
Agari!a"es. Mycoscience #$% 2$2&2$'.
Arora, D. (('$)). Mushrooms demystified: A comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi.
Berke"ey% *en +,ee- Press. '.' ,,.
Bige"ow, /. 0. & A. /. +mith ((')'). *he status o Lepista&&A new se!tion o Clitocybe.
Brittonia 2(% (##&(77.
Bige"ow, /. 0. & +mith, A. /. (('70). A new Clitocybe rom Mi!higan. The Michigan
Botanist '% 10&11.
Bige"ow. /. 0. & A. /. +mith (('71). Cantharocybe, a new genus o Agari!a"es. Mycologia
).% #$.&#$$.
Bige"ow, /. 0. (('71). *he genus Clitocybula. Mycologia ).% ((0(&((().
Bige"ow, /. 0. (('77). A new Clitocybe rom *e2as. Mycologia )'% (0#7&(0#'.
Bige"ow, /. 0. (('77). 3ew ta2a o Clitocybe. ycotaxon @/ 686-68:.
Bige"ow, /. 0. (('$(). +,ore ornamentation in the *ri!ho"omata!eae 4. Mycologia 71% (2$&
(#0.
Bige"ow, /. 0. (('$2). North American species of Clitocybe. Part 4. 5ermany% 6ramer. 2$0
,,.
Bige"ow, /. 0. (('$1). +ome !"am,"ess s,e!ies o Clitocybe. Cryptogamie, Mycologie #% '1&
'$.
Bige"ow, /. 0. (('$.). North American species of Clitocybe. Part 44. 5ermany% 6ramer. ('(
,,.
But"er, 5. (('$(, 200#). *ria" ie"- key to s,e!ies o the genus Lepista an- re"ate- s,e!ies
(Clitocybe & +e!tion erruculosae) or the Pa!ii! 3orthwest. 7etrie8e- rom the !acific
North"est #ey Council 9e: site% http/AA+++!s*ims!caAcou%cilABepist!htm
6"ark, +. (2002, 2007). *ria" ie"- key to se"e!te- s,e!ies o Clitocybe in the Pa!ii!
3orthwest. 7etrie8e- rom the !acific North"est #ey Council 9e: site%
http/AA+++!s*ims!caAcou%cilAClitoc!htm
6o!hran, ;. 9. & 6o!hran, M. 9. (('7$). Clitocybe clavipes: Anta:use&"ike rea!tion to
a"!oho". Mycologia 70% ((2#&((2).
5regory, D. 6. (2007). *he genus Clitocybe o 6a"iornia. Masters thesis, +an Fran!is!o +tate
<ni8ersity.
5regory, D. 6. (2007). ;ey to the s,e!ies o Clitocybe, Ampulloclitocybe, an-
$nfundibulicybe rom the genus Clitocybe o 6a"iornia. 7etrie8e- rom the My%o&eb 9e:
site% http/AAmy)o+eb!comACA=A)eysAClitocybeC)ey!pd(
/arma=a, /. ((')'). *he genus Clitocybe (Agari!a"es) in Fennos!an-ia. #arstenia (0% .&(2(.
/arma=a, /. (('7)). A urther re8ision o the generi! "imit :etween Lepista an- Clitocybe.
#arstenia (.% (1&(..
/arma=a, /. (('7)). *y,e stu-ies in Clitocybe. 2. #arstenia (.% ()&($.
/arma=a, /. (('7$). 3ew s,e!ies an- new !om:inations in the ,a"e&s,ore- Agari!a"es.
#arstenia ($% 2'&10.
/arma=a, /. (('7'). *y,e stu-ies in Clitocybe. 1. #arstenia ('% 22&2#.
/arma=a, /. (('7'). *y,e stu-ies in Clitocybe #. #arstenia ('% .0&.(.
/arma=a, /. (2001). 3otes on Clitocybe s. lato (Agari!a"es). Annales Botanici 'ennici #0%
2(1&2($. *his ,a,er is a8ai"a:"e on"ine here.
;auman, 6./. (('($). The gilled mushrooms (Agaricaceae) of Michigan and the *reat
La%es region, >o"umes 4 an- 44. 3ew ?ork% Do8er. '2# ,,. *his :ook is a8ai"a:"e on"ine
here.
;auman, 6. /. ('27. *he genus Clitocybe in the <nite- +tates, with a !riti!a" stu-y o a""
the north tem,erate s,e!ies. !apers of the Michigan Academy of +cience, Arts, and Letters $%
(.1&2(#.
;uy,er, *. 9. ((''.). Clitocybe. 4n Bas, 6., *h. 9. ;uy,er, M. 0. 3oor-e"oos & 0. 6.
>e""inga. 'lora Agaricina Neerlandica. >o". 1. 3ether"an-s% A. A. Ba"kema. #2&)2.
;uy,er, *. 9. ((''.). Lepista. 4n Bas, 6., *h. 9. ;uy,er, M. 0. 3oor-e"oos & 0. 6.
>e""inga. 'lora Agaricina Neerlandica. >o". 1. 3ether"an-s% A. A. Ba"kema. )7&7..
@aursen, 5. A., A. ;. Mi""er, Jr. & /. 0. Bige"ow (('7)). A new Clitocybe rom the A"askan
ar!ti!. Canadian ,ournal of Botany .#% '7)&'$0.
Mon!a"8o, J. M., et a". (2002). Ane hun-re- an- se8enteen !"a-es o euagari!s. Molecular
!hylogenetics and -volution 21% 1.7B#00. An on"ine 8ersion o this ,a,er is a8ai"a:"e at%
http/AA+++!biology!du)e!eduA(u%giAmycolabApublicatio%sA66Dclades!html
Murri"", 9. A. (('(.). *he genus Clitocybe in 3orth Ameri!a. ycologia D/ 9:@-98E.
7e-hea-, +. A., J.&M. Mon!a"8o, 7. >i"ga"ys & F. @utConi (2002). Phy"ogeny o agari!s%
Partia" systemati!s so"utions or :ryo,hi"ous om,ha"inoi- agari!s outsi-e o the Agari!a"es
(0uagari!s). ycotaxon 89/ 6:6-6@8.
7e-hea-, +. A., F. @utConi, J.&M. Mon!a"8o & 7. >i"ga"ys (2002). Phy"ogeny o Agari!s%
Partia" systemati!s so"utions or !ore om,ha"inoi- genera in the Agari!a"es (0uagari!s).
ycotaxon 8E/ 67-:D.
+mith, A. /., +mith, /. >. & 9e:er, 3. +. (('7'). .o" to %no" the gilled mushrooms.
Du:uDue, 4owa% 9m. 6. Brown. 11# ,,.
+tott, ;., 6. Desmerger & P. /o"or- (200.). 7e"ationshi, among Lepista s,e!ies -etermine-
:y 6AP+ an- 7APD. Mycological /esearch (0'% 20.&2((.
*ra,,e, J. M. (('72). Parasitism o .elvella lacunosa :y Clitocybe sclerotoidea. Mycologia
)#% (117&(1#0.
Cite this page as:
#uo& M! (9<<8& April! Clitocyboid mushrooms! Fetrie*ed (rom the ushroom!xpert"Com ?eb site/
http/AA+++!mushroome.pert!comAclitocybe!html
G Mushroom4.pert!Com