Clitocybe agrestis

Clitocybe agrestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tricholomataceae
Genus:	Clitocybe
Species:	C. agrestis
Binomial name
	Clitocybe agrestis; Harmaja (1969)

Clitocybe agrestis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. Widely distributed in Europe (agrestis means "of fields") it was described as new to science in 1969 by Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja.^[1] Fruitbodies are poisonous as they contain the toxin muscarine.^[2]

References

^ Harmaja H. (1969). "The genus Clitocybe (Agaricales) in Fennoscandia". Karstenia. 10: 5–168 (see p. 91).
^ Bas C, Kuyper TW, Noordeloos ME (1995). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. Vol. 3. CRC Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-90-5410-616-6.

External links

Clitocybe agrestis in Index Fungorum

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[Harmaja_1969-1] Harmaja H. (1969). "The genus Clitocybe (Agaricales) in Fennoscandia". Karstenia. 10: 5–168 (see p. 91).

[Bas_1995-2] Bas C, Kuyper TW, Noordeloos ME (1995). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. Vol. 3. CRC Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-90-5410-616-6.

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