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Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter gingertail)

Xeromphalina cauticinalis. Photo: (c) Mike Potts, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Xeromphalina cauticinalis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Originally described in 1838 by Elias Fries as Marasmius cauticinalis, it was transferred to the genus Xeromphalina by Robert Kühner and René Maire in 1934. It is found in North America, where it fruits in the summer and autumn singly or in groups on the seeds, needles, and sticks of conifers, and sometimes on aspen leaves. The fruit bodies have convex yellowish caps measuring…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Marasmiineae
        Genus: Xeromphalina
        Section: Mutabiles (Xeromphalina sect. mutabiles)
        Species: Xeromphalina cauticinalis (Pinelitter gingertail)

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