Paxillus
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Paxillus is a genus
of mushroom
s of which most are known to be poisonous or inedible. The widespread genus contains 15 species. Species include Paxillus involutus
and Paxillus vernalis
. Two former species—Tapinella panuoides and Tapinella atrotomentosa
—have now been transferred to the related genus Tapinella
in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae
.
Paxillus means small stake.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of mushroom
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
s of which most are known to be poisonous or inedible. The widespread genus contains 15 species. Species include Paxillus involutus
Paxillus involutus
Paxillus involutus, commonly known as the brown roll-rim, common roll-rim, or poison pax, is a basidiomycete fungus widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. It has been unintentionally introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and South America, where it has likely been transported in soil...
and Paxillus vernalis
Paxillus vernalis
Paxillus vernalis is a basidiomycete fungus found in montane forests in northern North America. It closely resembles Paxillus involutus. It was first described by Roy Watling in 1969.- External links :*...
. Two former species—Tapinella panuoides and Tapinella atrotomentosa
Tapinella atrotomentosa
Tapinella atrotomentosa, commonly known as the velvet roll-rim or velvet-footed pax, is a species of fungus in the Tapinellaceae family of the Agaricales, or gilled mushrooms. It was originally described as Paxillus atrotomentosus by German naturalist August Batsch, and given its current name by...
—have now been transferred to the related genus Tapinella
Tapinella
Tapinella is a genus of three fungi in the Tapinellaceae family. The genus was circumscribed by the French mycologist Jean-Edouard Gilbert in 1931....
in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae
Hygrophoropsidaceae
The Hygrophoropsidaceae are a family of mushrooms that are gilled in appearance but lie within the Boletales. The family contains 18 species within two genera: Leucogyrophana and Hygrophoropsis, with the best-known member being the "false chanterelle" ....
.
Paxillus means small stake.
Species
- Paxillus amazonicus
- Paxillus ammoniavirescens
- Paxillus atraetopus
- Paxillus filamentosusPaxillus filamentosusPaxillus filamentosus, commonly known as the alder roll-rim, is a basidiomycete fungus which is associated with alder in northern Europe and southwestern Greenland, and North America. It closely resembles Paxillus involutus, but its fruit bodies are generally smaller....
- Paxillus gymnopus
- Paxillus hortensis
- Paxillus involutusPaxillus involutusPaxillus involutus, commonly known as the brown roll-rim, common roll-rim, or poison pax, is a basidiomycete fungus widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. It has been unintentionally introduced to Australia, New Zealand, and South America, where it has likely been transported in soil...
- Paxillus ionipus
- Paxillus leoninus
- Paxillus minutesquamulosus
- Paxillus obscurisporus
- Paxillus ochraceus
- Paxillus pahangensis
- Paxillus piperatus
- Paxillus rubicundulus
- Paxillus validus
- Paxillus vernalisPaxillus vernalisPaxillus vernalis is a basidiomycete fungus found in montane forests in northern North America. It closely resembles Paxillus involutus. It was first described by Roy Watling in 1969.- External links :*...