| Bolbitius | |
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| Bolbitius titubans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: |
Bolbitius Fr. (1838) |
| Type species | |
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Bolbitius vitellinus (Pers.) Fr. (1838) |
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Bolbitius is a genus of small mushrooms in the family Bolbitiaceae.
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: