Definition of Clitocybe

1. Noun. A genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Clitocybe

Clintonesque
Clintonia andrewsiana
Clintonia borealis
Clintonia uniflora
Clintonian
Clintonism
Clintonisms
Clintonista
Clintonistas
Clintonize
Clintonomics
Clio
Clios
Clipper chip
Clipper chips
Clitocybe
Clitocybe clavipes
Clitocybe dealbata
Clitocybe inornata
Clitocybe irina
Clitocybe nuda
Clitocybe robusta
Clitocybe subconnexa
Clitoria
Clitoria mariana
Clitoria turnatea
Clive
Clive Sinclair
Clive Staples Lewis
Clk3 kinase

Literary usage of Clitocybe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"It may be expected that clitocybe root-rot will be present most commonly in orchards which have been planted on recently cleared timber lands. ..."

2. Mycological Illustrations: Being Figures and Descriptions of New and Rare ...by William Wilson Saunders, Worthington George Smith, Alfred William Bennett by William Wilson Saunders, Worthington George Smith, Alfred William Bennett (1871)
"clitocybe tota alba minor ; stipite ... 1, Agaricus (clitocybe) candicans, Fr. Fig. 2, section of ditto.— WW 8. • Figs. ..."

3. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Textbook of Mycology by George Massee (1893)
"clitocybe. Fries, (figs. 14, 15, p. 301.) Pileus generally fleshy at the disc, and becoming thin ... clitocybe, Fries, Syst. Myc., ip 70; Cke., Hdbk., p. ..."

4. A Preliminary Report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut by Edward Albert White (1905)
"clitocybe amethystina Bolt, (amethystine). East Hartford, Manchester, Hanmer. ... clitocybe laccata Scop, (made of lac, a resinous substance). ..."

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