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Clitocybe clavipes

Clitocybe clavipes

9.9
A mushroom with a flat greyish or yellowish-brown cap, pale gills, and a stem swollen at the base
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Clitocybe clavipes
  • Botanical illustrations of Clitocybe clavipes highlight its distinctive bulbous stem.

Examples

  • The Clitocybe clavipes can be found in mixed woodlands during the autumn months.

  • Foragers should be cautious when collecting Clitocybe clavipes, as it can resemble some toxic species.

  • The Clitocybe clavipes is often found in damp woodlands.

  • I discovered a Clitocybe clavipes while hiking in the forest.

  • Botanical illustrations of Clitocybe clavipes highlight its distinctive bulbous stem.

  • Foragers should be cautious when collecting Clitocybe clavipes, as it can resemble some toxic species.

  • The Clitocybe clavipes can be found in mixed woodlands during the autumn months.

Surface Forms

Clitocybe clavipes singular
Clitocybe clavipeses plural

Morphology

Clitocybe + clavipes

This is a Latin binomial scientific name functioning as a label for a species rather than a compositional English phrase. The first element is a genus name and the second is an untranslated Latin epithet (not a familiar English word), so a B1 learner who knows the listed constituents would not be able to derive the descriptive meaning about cap colour, gills, or swollen stalk. Taxonomic names are essentially opaque to general learners.

Etymology

Clitocybe clavipes may come from old Greek and Latin words: Clitocybe points to a flat or sloping cap, and clavipes literally means 'club-foot' because of the swollen base of the stem. That's why the name fits the mushroom and can help you remember its flat cap and thickened stem base.