Paxillus
Bare knuckle Ling ( Paxillus involutus)
The Real brim pieces ( Paxillus ) is a fungal genus in the family brim Ling relatives. Despite their lamellar -like Hymenophors they belong to Dickröhrlingsverwandtschaft. Formerly included the genus also saprob living wood Kremp Linge ( Tapinella ).
The type species is the Bald brim Ling ( P. involutus).
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- 5.2 Itemization
Features
The Real brim pieces are medium-sized mushrooms with a central or lateral stem. The brim is curled long, the blades are easily removable from the hat and run far down on the stem, they are light brown in color and partially cross-linked. The hat brim pieces is smooth. The species occurring in Europe the genus have no velum, in species outside Europe comes in part before a velum. In the fruiting bodies prevail brown hues. The spore powder is tonbraun colored to pale rusty brown.
Ecology
The brim pieces of the genus Paxillus are ( optional ) Mykorrhizabildner.
Species
The genus is distributed mainly in the Southern Hemisphere and in the tropics. In Europe, the following species occur or are expected there:
Importance
Etymology
The genus name (Latin paxillus - small pile ) refers to the short or absent in some species stalk.