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Definition of Clitocybe
1. Noun. A genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Tricholomataceae, Tricholomataceae
Member holonyms: Clitocybe Clavipes, Clitocybe Dealbata, Clitocybe Inornata, Clitocybe Robusta, Clytocybe Alba, Clitocybe Irina, Lepista Irina, Tricholoma Irinum, Clitocybe Subconnexa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clitocybe
Literary usage of Clitocybe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"It may be expected that Clitocybe root-rot will be present most commonly in
orchards which have been planted on recently cleared timber lands. ..."
2. Mycological Illustrations: Being Figures and Descriptions of New and Rare ...by William Wilson Saunders, Worthington George Smith, Alfred William Bennett by William Wilson Saunders, Worthington George Smith, Alfred William Bennett (1871)
"Clitocybe tota alba minor ; stipite ... 1, Agaricus (Clitocybe) candicans, Fr.
Fig. 2, section of ditto.— WW 8. • Figs. ..."
3. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Textbook of Mycology by George Massee (1893)
"Clitocybe. Fries, (figs. 14, 15, p. 301.) Pileus generally fleshy at the disc,
and becoming thin ... Clitocybe, Fries, Syst. Myc., ip 70; Cke., Hdbk., p. ..."
4. A Preliminary Report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut by Edward Albert White (1905)
"Clitocybe amethystina Bolt, (amethystine). East Hartford, Manchester, Hanmer.
... Clitocybe laccata Scop, (made of lac, a resinous substance). ..."
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