Conocybe volviradicata
{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
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| taxon = Conocybe volviradicata
| authority = Watling, Işıloğlu & Baş Serm. (2011)
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{{Mycomorphbox
| name = Conocybe volviradicata
| hymeniumType = gills
| capShape = campanulate
| whichGills = free
| stipeCharacter = volva
| sporePrintColor = brown
| ecologicalType = saprotrophic
| howEdible = unknown
| capShape2 = conical
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Conocybe volviradicata is a species of mushroom-producing fungus in the family Bolbitiaceae.{{Cite web |title=Species fungorum – Conocybe volviradicata Watling, Işıloğlu & Baş Serm. |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=516620 |access-date= |website=www.speciesfungorum.org}}{{Cite web |title=Mycobank Database - Conocybe volviradicata |url=https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/name/Conocybe%20volviradicata}}
Taxonomy
It was described in 2011 by the mycologists Roy Watling, Mustafa Işıloğlu and Hayrünisa Baş Sermenlı who classified it as Conocybe volviradicata.{{Cite journal |last1=Watling |first1=Roy |last2=Işiloğlu |first2=Mustafa |last3=Sermenli |first3=Hayrünisa Baş |date=2011-02-11 |title=Observations on the Bolbitiaceae 31. Conocybe volviradicata sp. nov. |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=114 |issue=1 |pages=145–149 |doi=10.5248/114.145|doi-access=free }}
It is notable as being one of the few Conocybe species which has a volva and subsequently was placed in Conocybe sect. Singerella along with the other volvate species.{{Cite journal |last1=Watling |first1=Roy |last2=Işiloğlu |first2=Mustafa |last3=Sermenli |first3=Hayrünisa Baş |date=2011-02-11 |title=Observations on the Bolbitiaceae 31. Conocybe volviradicata sp. nov. |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=114 |issue=1 |pages=145–149 |doi=10.5248/114.145|doi-access=free }}
Description
Conocybe volviradicata is a small brown volvate mushroom.
Cap: 1.5cm wide and conical to campanulate. The surface is cinnamon to sienna brown but dries to a buff or yellowish cream colour. It is smooth and silky with a striate margin. The flesh is thin and up to 1mm in the centre. Gills: Almost free, crowded and pale ochre. Stem: 3cm long and 3mm thick with a cream colour surface and distinct striations running to the start of the volva. The base of the stem has a volva and a rooting base that is up to 2cm long. Spore print: ochre to cinnamon brown. Spores: 8-10 x 6-7 μm. Hexagonal with a distinct germ pore and thick wall. Sienna brown.
Etymology
The specific epithet volviradicata is named in reference to the volvate, rooting stipe.
Habitat and distribution
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Category:Fungi described in 2011