Tapinella atrotomentosa
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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 Šutara in 1992. It is an inedible saprobic fungus found growing on tree stumps of conifers in Europe
and North America
.
is squat mushroom with a cap
6 – across, brown in colour with a rolled rim. The forked gills are cream-yellow and forked, while the thick stipe
is dark brown and juts out sidewards from the mushroom.
Tapinellaceae
The Tapinellaceae are a family of fungi in the Agaricales order....
family of the Agaricales
Agaricales
The fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms , or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13000 described species, along with five extinct genera known only from the fossil record...
, or gilled mushrooms. It was originally described as Paxillus atrotomentosus by German naturalist August Batsch
August Batsch
Dr August Johann Georg Karl Batsch was a German naturalist. He was a recognised authority on mushrooms, and also described new species of ferns, bryophytes, and seed plants.- Life and career :...
, and given its current name by Šutara in 1992. It is an inedible saprobic fungus found growing on tree stumps of conifers in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
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Description
The fruit bodyBasidiocarp
In fungi, a basidiocarp, basidiome or basidioma , is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and smuts do not produce such structures...
is squat mushroom with a cap
Pileus (mycology)
The pileus is the technical name for the cap, or cap-like part, of a basidiocarp or ascocarp that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium. The hymenium may consist of lamellae, tubes, or teeth, on the underside of the pileus...
6 – across, brown in colour with a rolled rim. The forked gills are cream-yellow and forked, while the thick stipe
Stipe (mycology)
thumb|150px|right|Diagram of a [[basidiomycete]] stipe with an [[annulus |annulus]] and [[volva |volva]]In mycology a stipe refers to the stem or stalk-like feature supporting the cap of a mushroom. Like all tissues of the mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is composed of sterile hyphal...
is dark brown and juts out sidewards from the mushroom.