Clitocybula azurea is a species of mushroom in the genus Clitocybula.[1] It is native to Central and South America.[2]

Clitocybula azurea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Porotheleaceae
Genus: Clitocybula
Species:
C. azurea
Binomial name
Clitocybula azurea

Clitocybula azurea has subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, smooth, inequilateral, amyloid spores which measure 4–6.5 × 3–5 μm. The cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia measure 18–30 × 3.5–8 μm and are versiform, cylindrical, clavate or utriform, subcapitate or with an apical papilla. Phylogenetically Clitocybula azurea is in Clitocybula sensu stricto, and is a sister species to Clitocybula familia. [3]

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  1. ^ "Clitocybula azurea". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. ^ "Clitocybula azurea Singer". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. ^ "Clitocybula azurea in Argentina: redescription and phylogenetic p...: Ingenta Connect". Mycotaxon. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-19.