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Clitocybe tarda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Clitocybaceae
Genus:	Clitocybe
Species:	C. tarda
Binomial name
Clitocybe tarda Peck

Clitocybe tardaMycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is pink
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is unknown

Clitocybe tarda is a species of mushroom. It has a brownish pink cap with a smooth surface, the flesh is thin and brittle, and the cap tastes bitter. The stalk is slender and smooth. The spore print is pinkish gray. It is unknown if the species is edible, but it does not have a pleasant taste.

The caps are 2–8 cm wide, and brownish closer to the center. The pale gills usually become more decurrent with age. The stalks are 2–6 long and 3–8 mm wide, sometimes with clusters of pale tomentum. Clusters of this species can be found in areas that are used for agriculture or filled with grass.

The 1896 Report of the New York State Botanist wrote that the mushroom should be called Clitopilus tardus. Clitocybe tarda is possibly a synonym of Lepista sordida. It resembles Collybia nuda and Collybia brunneocephala.

References

1. H. McKnight, Kent (1987). A Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 145. ISBN 0-395-42101-2.
2. ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
3. ^ Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
4. Report of the New York State Botanist (1896). Report of the New York State Botanist. Harvard University. p. 167. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
5. Desjardin, Dennis E.; Wood, Michael G.; Stevens, Frederick A. (6 June 2016). California Mushrooms: The Comprehensive Identification Guide. Timber Press. pp. 157–158. ISBN 978-1-60469-660-8. LCCN 2014000925. OCLC 951644583.

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