Conocybe tenera

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Conocybe tenera
Conocybe tenera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Homobasidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Bolbitiaceae Genus: Conocybe Species: C. tenera
Binomial name
Conocybe tenera (Schaeff.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. 9: 357 (1889)

Conocybe tenera is a member of the genus Conocybe which is widely distributed. This mushroom is the type species for the genus Conocybe.

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and habitat 3 Edibility 4 References

[edit] Description

Conocybe tenera is a small saprophytic mushroom with a conic to convex cap and is smooth and colored cinnamon brown. It is usually less than 2cm 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 microns. The stem is 3-9 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.

[edit] Distribution and habitat

Widely distributed across the world. Found in meadows and cities.

[edit] Edibility

Unknown. Likely to be poisonous.

[edit] References

• Mushroom Observer - Conocybe Tenera [1]
• Conocybe Tenera Photos [2]
• New Records in Coprinaceae and Bolbitiaceae from Mut (Mersin) District [3]
• Rogers Mushrooms - Conocybe Tenera Photos [4]