Tubaria is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Tubariaceae.[1][2][3] The genus is widely distributed, especially in
temperate regions.[4]Tubaria was originally named as a
subgenus of Agaricus by
Worthington George Smith in 1870.[5]Claude Casimir Gillet promoted it to generic status in 1876.[6] The
mushrooms produced by species in this genus are small- to medium-sized with
caps ranging in color from pale pinkish-brown to reddish-brown, and often with remnants of the
partial veil adhering to the margin. Mushrooms fruit on rotting wood, or, less frequently, in the soil. There are no species in the genus that are recommended for consumption.[7]
Species
As of January 2016[update], the nomenclatural authority
Index Fungorum accepts 72 species of Tubaria:[8]