Bolbitius Explained

Bolbitius is a genus of small mushrooms in the family Bolbitiaceae.

Description

The genus Bolbitius is defined as small thin Mycena-like mushrooms, with a hymenoderm pileipellis, a glutinous cap surface, and spores that are brown in deposit. Spores of mushrooms of this genus are thick-walled, smooth and have a germ pore.

Species

, Index Fungorum lists 54 valid species in Bolbitius: