Paxillus vernalis is a basidiomycete fungus found in montane forests in northern North America. It closely resembles the poisonous Paxillus involutus, and is considered likely to also be poisonous.[1] The fungus was described as new to science by Scottish mycologist Roy Watling in 1969.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Paxillaceae |
| Genus: | Paxillus |
| Species: | P. vernalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Paxillus vernalis Watling (1969)
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Paxillus vernalis | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is depressed |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is poisonous |
References
edit- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ Watling R. (1969). "New fungi from Michigan". Notes from the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. 29 (1): 59–66.
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