Biology:Conocybe tenera
| Conocybe tenera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Species: | C. tenera
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| Binomial name | |
| Conocybe tenera (Schaeff.) Fayod[1]
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| 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: 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
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, 1–4 mm thick, and is equal width for the whole length, sometimes with some swelling at the base.[2] 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 elliptical with a germ pore,[2] measuring 12 x 6 μm.
Similar species
The species requires microscopy to identify. It resembles members of Galerina, Pholiotina, and Psathyrella, as well as Parasola conopilea.[3] The related C. filaris is poisonous.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Common in disturbed areas in North America,[3] it is widely distributed across the world.
Edibility
The species is inedible,[4] and is related to at least one species which contains the deadly amatoxin.[5]
References
- ↑ Fayod, Victor (1889). "Prodrome d'une histoire naturelle des agaricinés". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 7 9: 357. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43164931.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 472. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1. https://archive.org/details/arora-david-mushrooms-demystified-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-fleshy-fungi-ten-speed-press-1986/page/472/mode/2up.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. pp. 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
- Giyasettin Kaşik (2004). "New Records in Coprinaceae and Bolbitiaceae from Mut (Mersin) District". Turk J Bot 24: 449–455. http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-04-28-4/bot-28-4-9-0207-8.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- Mushroom Observer - Conocybe Tenera [1]
- Conocybe Tenera Photos [2]
- Rogers Mushrooms - Conocybe Tenera Photos [3]
Wikidata ☰ Q1641496 entry
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