Conocybe tenera
| Conocybe tenera | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Species: | C. tenera |
| Binomial name | |
| Conocybe tenera | |
Conocybe tenera | |
|---|---|
 | Gills on hymenium |
  | Cap is conical or convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Conocybe tenera, commonly known as the brown dunce cap or common cone head,[2] is a widely distributed member of the genus Conocybe. This mushroom is the type species for the genus Conocybe.
Description
[edit]Conocybe tenera is a small saprotrophic mushroom with a conic to convex cap and is smooth and colored cinnamon brown. It is usually less than 2 cm across and is striate almost to the center. The gills are adnate and colored pale brown, darkening in age. The spores are yellowish brown, smooth and ellipsoid with a germ pore, measuring 12 x 6 micrometres. The stem is 3 to 9 cm long, 1.5 mm thick, and is equal width for the whole length, sometimes with some swelling at the base. It lacks an annulus (ring), is hollow and pruinose near the top.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Widely distributed across the world. Found in meadows and cities.
Edibility
[edit]The species is inedible,[3] and is related to at least one species which contains the deadly amatoxin.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Fayod, Victor (1889). "Prodrome d'une histoire naturelle des agaricinés". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 7. 9: 357.
- ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
Further reading
[edit]- Giyasettin Kaşik; et al. (2004). "New Records in Coprinaceae and Bolbitiaceae from Mut (Mersin) District" (PDF). Turk J Bot. 24: 449–455. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- Mushroom Observer - Conocybe Tenera [1]
- Conocybe Tenera Photos [2]
- Rogers Mushrooms - Conocybe Tenera Photos [3]