Clitocybula azurea
Species of mushroom native to Central and South America
| Clitocybula azurea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Porotheleaceae |
| Genus: | Clitocybula |
| Species: | C. azurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Clitocybula azurea Singer | |
Clitocybula azurea is a species of mushroom in the genus Clitocybula.[1] It is native to Central and South America.[2]
Clitocybula azurea has subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, smooth, inequilateral, amyloid spores which measure 4–6.5 × 3–5 μm. The cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia measure 18–30 × 3.5–8 μm and are versiform, cylindrical, clavate or utriform, subcapitate or with an apical papilla. Phylogenetically Clitocybula azurea is in Clitocybula sensu stricto, and is a sister species to Clitocybula familia. [3]
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