Conocybe tenera
{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Conocybe tenera by Alan Rockefeller.jpg
| taxon = Conocybe tenera
| authority = (Schaeff.) Fayod{{cite journal|title=Prodrome d'une histoire naturelle des agaricinés | last = Fayod | first = Victor | journal=Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique | series = 7 | volume = 9 | year = 1889 | page = 357 | url = https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43164931}}
}}
{{mycomorphbox
| name = Conocybe tenera
| whichGills = adnate
| capShape = conical
| capShape2 = convex
| hymeniumType= gills
| stipeCharacter= bare
| ecologicalType=saprotrophic
| sporePrintColor=brown
| howEdible=inedible}}
Conocybe tenera, commonly known as the brown dunce cap or common cone head,{{Cite book |last=Arora |first=David |title=Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi |date=1986 |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=978-0-89815-169-5 |edition=Second |location=Berkeley |page=472}} 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 {{Convert|2.5|cm|frac=4}} wide{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=630}} and is striate almost to the center. The stem is {{Convert|3 to 9|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} 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.
The gills are adnexed and pale brown, darkening in age. The spore print is rusty brown. The spores are yellowish brown, smooth and ellipsoid with a germ pore, measuring 12 x 6 micrometres.
= Similar species =
The species requires microscopy to identify. It resembles members of Galerina, Pholiotina, and Psathyrella, as well as Parasola conopilea.
Distribution and habitat
Common in disturbed areas in North America, it is widely distributed across the world.
Edibility
The species is inedible,{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Roger |title=Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America |year=2010 |publisher=Firefly Books |location=Buffalo, NY |isbn=978-1-55407-651-2 |page=214}} and is related to at least one species which contains the deadly amatoxin.{{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|page=269|author-link=Orson K. Miller Jr.}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal | title = New Records in Coprinaceae and Bolbitiaceae from Mut (Mersin) District | author1 = Giyasettin Kaşik | display-authors = etal | journal = Turk J Bot | volume = 24 | year = 2004 | pages = 449–455 | url = http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-04-28-4/bot-28-4-9-0207-8.pdf | access-date = 2007-01-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929153843/http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-04-28-4/bot-28-4-9-0207-8.pdf | archive-date = 2007-09-29 }}
- Mushroom Observer - Conocybe Tenera [https://mushroomobserver.org/409]
- Conocybe Tenera Photos [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id133108]
- Rogers Mushrooms - Conocybe Tenera Photos [https://web.archive.org/web/20061022134705/http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5846~gid~.asp]
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Category:Fungi of North America
Category:Fungi described in 1889