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Paxillus
Paxillus is a genus of mushrooms of which most are known to be poisonous or inedible. Species include Paxillus involutus and Paxillus vernalis. Two former species—Tapinella panuoides and Tapinella atrotomentosa—have now been transferred to the related genus Tapinella in the family Tapinellaceae.
Paxillus means small stake.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Paxillus
subgenusPaxillus
Alnopaxillus
subgenusAlnopaxillus
Paxillus sp. 'IN01'
speciesPaxillus sp. 'IN01'
Paxillus chalybaeus
speciesPaxillus chalybaeus
Paxillus aurantiacus
speciesPaxillus aurantiacus
Paxillus zerovae
speciesPaxillus zerovae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55943.