Paxillus vernalis

Paxillus vernalis is a basidiomycete fungus found in montane forests in northern North America. It closely resembles Paxillus involutus. The fungus was described as new to science by Scottish mycologist Roy Watling in 1969.[1]

Paxillus vernalis
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P. vernalis
Binomial name
Paxillus vernalis
Watling (1969)
Paxillus vernalis
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is depressed
hymenium is decurrent
stipe is bare
spore print is brown
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: inedible

References

  1. Watling R. (1969). "New fungi from Michigan". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 29 (1): 59–66.


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