Tubaria furfuracea
Species of fungus
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Tubaria furfuracea, commonly known as the scurfy twiglet,[1] totally tedious tubaria,[2] or fringed tubaria,[3] is a common species of agaric fungus in the family Tubariaceae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tubariaceae |
| Genus: | Tubaria |
| Species: | T. furfuracea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tubaria furfuracea | |
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| Tubaria furfuracea | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or flat |
 | Hymenium is adnate or decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare or has a ring |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
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Taxonomy
It was first described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1801, as a species of Agaricus.[4] French mycologist Claude-Casimir Gillet transferred it to the genus, Tubaria in 1876.[5]
Description
The mushroom cap is 1–4 cm wide, orange-brown, convex to flat and depressed, with small marginal patches of veil which disappear with age or rain; its odor is mild.[6] The gills are brown and adnate to slightly decurrent.[6] The stalk is 1–6 cm tall and 2–4 mm wide.[6][2] The spores are pale reddish-brown, elliptical, and smooth.[6] The spore print is brown.[7]
This species is considered inedible.[8]
Similar species
Similar species include T. confragosa,[6] T. conspersa, and members of Laccaria.[7]
Additionally, Galerina marginata and Psilocybe cyanescens may appear similar.[citation needed]
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