Tephrocybe
Encyclopedia
Tephrocybe is a genus
of about 40 species of mushroom
, with a widespread distribution in temperate
areas. The genus was circumscribed by Dutch mycologist Marinus Anton Donk in 1962.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of about 40 species of mushroom
Mushroom
A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
, with a widespread distribution in temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
areas. The genus was circumscribed by Dutch mycologist Marinus Anton Donk in 1962.
Species
- Tephrocybe ambusta
- Tephrocybe anthracophila
- Tephrocybe atrata
- Tephrocybe baeosperma
- Tephrocybe boudieri
- Tephrocybe cessans
- Tephrocybe confusa
- Tephrocybe ellisii
- Tephrocybe ferruginella
- Tephrocybe fuscipes
- Tephrocybe fusispora
- Tephrocybe impexa
- Tephrocybe inolens
- Tephrocybe langei
- Tephrocybe mephitica
- Tephrocybe murina
- Tephrocybe osmophora
- Tephrocybe palustrisTephrocybe palustrisTephrocybe palustris is a species of fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae which parasitizes sphagnum moss. It was first described by Charles Horton Peck in 1872...
- Tephrocybe platypus
- Tephrocybe putida
- Tephrocybe rancidaTephrocybe rancidaTephrocybe rancida is a species of fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. It was first described by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1821. T.rancida is commonly called the Rancid Greyling due to it's typical coloring and rancid smell and taste.-Description:Cap 1-4cm in diameter. Convex to...
- Tephrocybe striipilea
- Tephrocybe tylicolor