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Paxillus vernalis

Paxillus vernalis
2012-09-02 Paxillus vernalis Watling 257710.jpg
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
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.



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