Clitocybe odora (Bull.: Fr.) Kummer
Anise-scented Clitocybe

From the Greek Klitos for sloping, and cybe for head. Name refers to the decurrent gills of the cap; odora from odorus, fragrant

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 2-8.5 cm; stalk central 1.5-9 cm long x 4-16 mm diameter. Spore Print Color: buff to pink. Spores: basidiospores 5-9 x 3.5-5 µm, elliptical, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: greenish to blue-green cap and anise odor help to identify this species

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Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on woody or vegetation litter in woods

Habitat: deciduous or coniferous woods

Fruiting Season: summer

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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