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.
| 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 |
Description
editConocybe 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
editWidely distributed across the world. Found in meadows and cities.
Edibility
editThe 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]