Conocybe tenera
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Conocybe tenera, commonly known as the brown dunce cap or common cone head,[2] is a widely distributed member of the genus Conocybe, for which it serves as the type species.
| Conocybe tenera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Species: | C. tenera |
| Binomial name | |
| Conocybe tenera | |
| Conocybe tenera | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is conical or convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Description
Conocybe tenera is a small saprotrophic mushroom with a conic to convex cap which is smooth and orangish brown. It is up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) wide[3] and is striate almost to the center. The stem is 3 to 9 cm (1+1⁄4 to 3+1⁄2 in) 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.[3] 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.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Common in disturbed areas in North America,[3] it is widely distributed across the world.
Edibility
The species is inedible,[4] and is related to at least one species which contains the deadly amatoxin.[5]
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