Biology:Baeospora myosura

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Short description: Species of fungus

Baeospora myosura
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B. myosura
Binomial name
Baeospora myosura
Singer (1938)
Baeospora myosura
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is white to cream
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: inedible

Baeospora myosura, commonly known as conifer-cone baeospora, is a species of fungus that produces mushrooms with long, coarse hairs.[1] It grows on plant material and manure. It is white to cream and the spore color is white, cream, or yellowish. It is commonly found in North America and Europe. The common name of the mushroom is conifercone cap.[2] It was described in 1938 by mycologist Rolf Singer.[3] It is regarded as nonpoisonous.[4]

References

  1. "Canadian Biodiversity". http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/fungi/shroompages/bae_myo.htm. 
  2. Roger's Mushrooms
  3. Singer R. (1938). "Notes sur quelques Basidiomycetes" (in French). Revue de Mycologie 3: 187–99. 
  4. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. pp. 136. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1957584 entry