Biology:Calocybe

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Calocybe
Calocybe ionides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Genus: Calocybe
Kühner ex Donk
Type species
Calocybe gambosa

Calocybe is a small genus of about 40 species of mushroom,[1] including St. George's mushroom, which is edible, and milky mushroom, which is edible and is cultivated in India.[2] There are not many species of this genus in Britain. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms kalos "pretty", and cubos "head".[3] Around nine species are found in neotropical regions.

Species

  • Calocybe alneti
  • Calocybe atropapillata
  • Calocybe bipigmentata
  • Calocybe carnea — pink fairhead
  • Calocybe cerina
  • Calocybe chrysenteron
  • Calocybe civilis
  • Calocybe clusii
  • Calocybe coniceps
  • Calocybe constricta
  • Calocybe cyanea (Puerto Rico, Brazil)
  • Calocybe cyanella
  • Calocybe cyanocephala
  • Calocybe eborina
  • Calocybe fallax
  • Calocybe gambosa — St. George's mushroom
  • Calocybe gangraenosa
  • Calocybe georgii
  • Calocybe indica — milky mushroom
  • Calocybe ionides
  • Calocybe onychina
  • Calocybe rubra

References

  1. Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. 2008. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 
  2. "Success story of mushroom cultivation". YouTube. February 19, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir114BMuSFQ. Retrieved March 2, 2015. 
  3. Fungi of Northern Europe 2: Gill-Fungi. Penguin. 1977. pp. 24. ISBN 0-14-063006-6. 

Wikidata ☰ Q374023 entry