Rhizocybe

Rhizocybe
Rhizocybe vermicularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	incertae sedis, Lyophyllaceaesensu lato
Genus:	Rhizocybe Vizzini, G.Moreno, P.Alvarado & Consiglio (2015)
Type species
Rhizocybe vermicularis (Fr.) Vizzini, G.Moreno, P.Alvarado & Consiglio (2015)[1]

Rhizocybe is a genus of fungus in the order Agaricales. The species resemble Clitocybe and grow amongst litter in predominantly coniferous forests.^[1]

Etymology

The name Rhizocybe is derived from ancient Greekrhizo referring to its rhizoids, and '-cybe', a reference to head or cap.^[1]

See also

• List of Agaricales genera

References

1. Alvarado P, Moreno G, Vizzini A, Consiglio G, Manjón JL, Setti L (2015). "Atractosporocybe, Leucocybe and Rhizocybe, three new clitocyboid genera in the Tricholomatoid clade (Agaricales) with notes on Clitocybe and Lepista". Mycologia. 107 (1): 123–36. doi:10.3852/13-369. hdl:2318/152676. PMID 25344261. S2CID 22901826.