Genus: Clitocybe

Clitocybe - genus of fungi of family Tricholomataceae.

Etymology

Clitocybe f, Clitocybe, Funnel cap. From κλιτύς, ύος, (klitys, yos) f, slope, hill + κυβή (kybē), head [Saccardo, P.A. Sylloge Fungorum V: 141 (1887)].

Type species

Clitocybe nebularis (Batsch) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zerbst): 124 (1871)