Conocybe tenera
| Conocybe tenera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Species: | C. tenera
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| Binomial name | |
| Conocybe tenera | |
Conocybe tenera | |
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 | 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, for which it serves as the type species.
Description
[edit]Conocybe tenera is a small saprotrophic mushroom with a conic to convex cap which is smooth and orangish brown. It is up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) wide[3] and is striate almost to the center. The stem is 3 to 9 cm (1+1⁄4 to 3+1⁄2 in) 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.
The gills are adnexed and pale brown, darkening in age. The spore print is rusty brown.[3] The spores are yellowish brown, smooth and ellipsoid with a germ pore, measuring 12 x 6 micrometres.
Similar species
[edit]The species requires microscopy to identify. It resembles members of Galerina, Pholiotina, and Psathyrella, as well as Parasola conopilea.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Common in disturbed areas in North America,[3] it is widely distributed across the world.
Edibility
[edit]The species is inedible,[4] and is related to at least one species which contains the deadly amatoxin.[5]
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.
- ^ a b c d Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ 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]