Rhizocybe

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Rhizocybe vermicularis iNaturalist.jpg | image_caption = ''Rhizocybe vermicularis'' | taxon = Rhizocybe | authority = Vizzini, G.Moreno, P.Alvarado & Consiglio (2015) | type_species = ''Rhizocybe vermicularis'' | type_species_authority = (Fr.) Vizzini, G.Moreno, P.Alvarado & Consiglio (2015)<ref name="Alvaradoetal2015" /> }}

'''''Rhizocybe''''' is a genus of fungus in the order Agaricales. The species resemble ''Clitocybe'' and grow amongst litter in predominantly coniferous forests.<ref name="Alvaradoetal2015">{{cite journal |vauthors=Alvarado P, Moreno G, Vizzini A, Consiglio G, Manjón JL, Setti L |year=2015 |title=''Atractosporocybe'', ''Leucocybe'' and ''Rhizocybe'', three new clitocyboid genera in the Tricholomatoid clade (Agaricales) with notes on ''Clitocybe'' and ''Lepista'' |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282709864_Atractosporocybe_Leucocybe_and_Rhizocybe_Three_new_clitocyboid_genera_in_the_tricholomatoid_clade_Agaricales_with_notes_on_Clitocybe_and_Lepis |journal=Mycologia |volume=107 |issue=1 |pages=123–36 |doi=10.3852/13-369 |hdl=2318/152676 |pmid=25344261 |s2cid=22901826 |hdl-access=free |accessdate=}}</ref>

==Etymology==

The name ''Rhizocybe'' is derived from ancient Greek ''rhizo'' referring to its rhizoids, and '-cybe', a reference to head or cap.<ref name="Alvaradoetal2015" />

==See also== *List of Agaricales genera

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Lyophyllaceae Category:Agaricales genera Category:Taxa described in 2015