Clitocybe agrestis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. Widely distributed in Europe (agrestis means "of fields") it was described as new to science in 1969 by Finnish mycologist Harri Harmaja.[1] Fruitbodies are poisonous as they contain the toxin muscarine.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Clitocybaceae |
| Genus: | Clitocybe |
| Species: | C. agrestis
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| Binomial name | |
| Clitocybe agrestis Harmaja (1969)
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References
edit- ^ Harmaja H. (1969). "The genus Clitocybe (Agaricales) in Fennoscandia". Karstenia. 10: 5–168 (see p. 91). doi:10.29203/ka.1969.62.
- ^ Bas C, Kuyper TW, Noordeloos ME (1995). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica. Vol. 3. CRC Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-90-5410-616-6.
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