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Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bolbitius is a genus of small mushrooms in the family Bolbitiaceae.
Bolbitius | |
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Bolbitius titubans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
Genus: | Bolbitius Fr. (1838) |
Type species | |
Bolbitius vitellinus (Pers.) Fr. (1838) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus Bolbitius is defined as small thin Mycena-like mushrooms, with a hymenoderm pileipellis, a glutinous cap surface, and spores that are brown in deposit. Spores of mushrooms of this genus are thick-walled, smooth and have a germ pore.
As of June 2015[update], Index Fungorum lists 54 valid species in Bolbitius:[2]
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