Clitocybula azurea

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

Clitocybula azurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Porotheleaceae
Genus:	Clitocybula
Species:	C. azurea
Binomial name
Clitocybula azurea Singer

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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  Clitocybula azurea closeup
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  Clitocybula azurea
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  Clitocybula azurea