Conocybe tenera

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Conocybe tenera
Conocybe tenera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes 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 widely distributed member of the genus Conocybe. 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 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.

[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]