| Paxillus vernalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Paxillaceae |
| Genus: | Paxillus |
| Species: | P. vernalis |
| Binomial name | |
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Paxillus vernalis Watling (1969) |
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| Paxillus vernalis | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| gills on hymenium | |
| cap is depressed | |
| hymenium is decurrent | |
| stipe is bare | |
| spore print is brown | |
| ecology is mycorrhizal | |
| edibility: unknown | |
Paxillus vernalis is a basidiomycete fungus found in montane forests in northern North America. It closely resembles Paxillus involutus. The fungus was described as new to science by Scottish mycologist Roy Watling in 1969.