Connopus

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Connopus acervatus 408.jpg

| image_width = 240px

| image_caption = Connopus acervatus

| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Agaricomycetes

| ordo = Agaricales

| familia = Omphalotaceae

| genus = Connopus

| genus_authority = R.H.Petersen (2010)

| type_species = Connopus acervatus

| type_species_authority = (Fries) R.H.Petersen (1821)

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Agaricus acervatus Fr. (1821)

• Agaricus erythropus var. acervatus (Fr.) Pers. (1828)
• Collybia acervata (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
• Marasmius acervatus (Fr.) P.Karst. (1889)
• Gymnopus acervatus (Fr.) Murrill (1916)

}}

Connopus is a fungal genus in the family Omphalotaceae. The monotypic genus was circumscribed in 2010 to accommodate the species Connopus acervatus, formerly in the genus Gymnopus.

The cap is up to {{Convert|4|cm|frac=4}} wide, with regions of reddish-brown and cream colours. The gills are adnexed and white, darkening with age. The stem is up to {{Convert|8|cm|abbr=on|frac=8}} long. The spore print is white.{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=464}}

It is found in North American and Europe, where it grows in dense clusters on decaying wood. It is regarded as inedible.{{cite book|last1=Miller Jr.|first1=Orson K.|title=North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi|last2=Miller|first2=Hope H.|publisher=FalconGuide|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7627-3109-1|location=Guilford, CN|pages=179|author-link=Orson K. Miller Jr.}}