''Clitocybe tarda'' is a species of

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the name "mushroom" is t ...

. It has a brownish pink cap with a smooth surface, the flesh is thin and brittle, and the cap tastes bitter. The stalk is slender and smooth. The spore print is pinkish gray. It is unknown if the species is edible, but it does not have a pleasant taste. The caps are 2–8 cm wide, and brownish closer to the center. The pale gills usually become more decurrent with age. The stalks are 2–6 long and 3–8 mm wide, sometimes with clusters of pale

tomentum Tomentum may refer to: * Plant trichomes, a covering of closely matted or fine hairs on plant leaves. * Tomentum (anatomy) Tomentum may refer to: * Plant trichomes, a covering of closely matted or fine hairs on plant leaves. * Tomentum (ana ...

. Clusters of this species can be found in areas that are used for agriculture or filled with grass. The 1896 ''Report of the New York State Botanist'' wrote that the mushroom should be called ''Clitopilus tardus''. It resembles ''

Clitocybe nuda ''Clitocybe nuda'', commonly known as the wood blewit and alternately described as ''Lepista nuda'', is an edible mushroom native to Europe and North America. Described by Pierre Bulliard in 1790, it was also known as ''Tricholoma nudum'' for ma ...

'' and ''C. brunneocephala''.

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tarda Tarda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miłomłyn, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Miłomłyn, north-west of Ostróda, and west of the regional ...

Fungi described in 1897 Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck {{Tricholomataceae-stub