Clitocybula

Clitocybula
Clitocybula abundans
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Porotheleaceae
Genus: Clitocybula
(Singer) Singer ex Métrod (1952)
Type species
Clitocybula lacerata
(Scop.) Singer ex Métrod (1952)
Synonyms
  • Fayodia subgen. Clitocybula Singer (1943)

Clitocybula is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Porotheleaceae but was originally classified within Marasmiaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Georges Métrod in 1952. Species in the genus are commonly known as "coincaps".