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 | |
Paxillus vernalis Watling (1969) |
Paxillus vernalis | |
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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.