Clitocybe
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Clitocybe nebularis
Translingual
Etymology
Coined by Swedish mycologist Elias Fries in 1821, from Ancient Greek κλίτος (klítos, “slope”) + κύβη (kúbē, “head”).
Proper noun
Clitocybe f
- 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
