Psathyrella bipellis

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title: "Psathyrella bipellis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["psathyrellaceae", "fungi-of-north-america", "fungi-described-in-1884", "fungus-species"] description: "Species of fungus" topic_path: "general/psathyrellaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psathyrella_bipellis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of fungus ::

| image = Psathyrella_bipellis.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Psathyrella | species = bipellis | authority = (Quél.) A.H.Sm. (1946) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Psathyra barlae Bres. (1881)

Psathyra bipellis Quél. (1884)

Drosophila bipellis (Quél.) Quél. (1886)

Pilosace barlae (Bres.) Kuntze (1898)

Pilosace bipellis (Quél.) Kuntze (1898) Psathyrella barlae (Bres.) A.H.Sm. (1941)

Psathyrella bipellis is a species of mushroom in the family Psathyrellaceae.

Taxonomy

The species was originally described in 1884 by French mycologist Lucien Quélet, under the name Psathyra bipellis. Alexander H. Smith transferred it to the genus Psathyrella in 1946.

Description

The purplish cap is up to 4 cm wide, sometimes with white flecks of veil around the margin. The narrowly adnate gills are tannish. The stem is up to 9 cm long and the spore print is purplish-black. It resembles P. subpurpurea.

Habitat and distribution

It can be found in wood debris and grass in North America.

References

References

1. [[Audubon]]. (2023). "Mushrooms of North America". [[Knopf]].
2. Quélet L.. (1884). "Quelques especes critiques ou nouvelles de la Flore Mycologique de France". Compte Rendu de l'Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences.
3. Smith AH, Hesler LR.. (1946). "New and unusual dark-spored agarics from North America". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.
4. "''Psathyrella bipellis'' (Quél.) A.H. Sm.". CAB International.
5. "''Psathyrella bipellis'' (Quél.) A.H. Sm. 1946". International Mycological Association.

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