Maryland Biodiversity Project - Anise-scented Clitocybe (Clitocybe odora)

Anise-scented Clitocybe Clitocybe odora (Bullard) Kummer

Kingdom Fungi > Phylum Basidiomycota > Class Agaricomycetes > Order Agaricales > Family Tricholomataceae > Genus Clitocybe Anise-scented Clitocybe - Clitocybe odora - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/15975

Status:

Found scattered or in groups on ground in deciduous or coniferous woods.

Description:

Cap: Bluish-gray; convex to somewhat upturned in age, radially streaked; may smell of anise. Gills: Whitish; close. Stalk: White/buff; base with prominent white mycelium. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

Records:

There are 10 records in the project database.

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Anise-scented Clitocybe (cap showing depressed center) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2016). (Photo ID: 58964 - Psn: 20)

Anise-scented Clitocybe (cap showing depressed center) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2016). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Anise-scented Clitocybe (fruiting body removed from substrate showing mycelium at base of stalk) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2016). (Photo ID: 58963 - Psn: 30)

Anise-scented Clitocybe (fruiting body removed from substrate showing mycelium at base of stalk) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2016). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Anise-scented Clitocybe in Howard Co., Maryland (8/31/2017). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 275696 - Psn: 35)

Anise-scented Clitocybe in Howard Co., Maryland (8/31/2017). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Anise-scented Clitocybe (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2014). (Photo ID: 18220 - Psn: 50)

Anise-scented Clitocybe (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2014). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Anise-scented Clitocybe in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2014). Image shows gills, stalk, and base with mycelium. (Photo ID: 18221 - Psn: 60)

Anise-scented Clitocybe in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2014). Image shows gills, stalk, and base with mycelium. Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Anise-scented Clitocybe spores from a specimen collected in Howard Co., Maryland (10/3/2016). Oval, smooth, hyaline; measured 6.4-7.3 X 4.4-5.0 microns. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from an Anise-scented Clitocybe specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/31/2017). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 275698 - Psn: 200)

Spores collected from an Anise-scented Clitocybe specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/31/2017). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

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