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Calocybe
Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Calocybe is a small genus of about 40 species of mushroom,[1] including St. George's mushroom, which is edible, and milky mushroom, which is edible and is cultivated in India.[2] There are not many species of this genus in Britain. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms kalos "pretty", and cubos "head".[3] Around nine species are found in neotropical regions.
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Species
- Calocybe alneti
- Calocybe atropapillata
- Calocybe bipigmentata
- Calocybe carnea — pink fairhead
- Calocybe cerina
- Calocybe chrysenteron
- Calocybe civilis
- Calocybe clusii
- Calocybe coniceps
- Calocybe constricta
- Calocybe cyanea (Puerto Rico, Brazil)
- Calocybe cyanella
- Calocybe cyanocephala
- Calocybe eborina
- Calocybe fallax
- Calocybe gambosa — St. George's mushroom
- Calocybe gangraenosa
- Calocybe georgii
- Calocybe indica — milky mushroom
- Calocybe ionides
- Calocybe onychina
- Calocybe rubra
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References
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