Conocybe tenera

Conocybe tenera
Conocybe tenera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Bolbitiaceae
Genus:	Conocybe
Species:	C. tenera
Binomial name
Conocybe tenera (Schaeff.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. 9: 357 (1889)

Conocybe tenera
Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is conical or convex
	hymenium is adnate
	stipe is bare
	spore print is brown
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: unknown

cap is conical

Conocybe tenera is a widely distributed member of the genus Conocybe. This mushroom is the type species for the genus Conocybe.

Conocybe tenera is a small saprotrophic mushroom with a conic to cap and is smooth and colored cinnamon brown. It is usually less than 2 cm across and is striate almost to the center. The gills are and colored pale brown, darkening in age. The spores are yellowish brown, smooth and ellipsoid with a germ pore, measuring 12 x 6 micrometres. The stem is 3 to 9 cm 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 near the top.

Widely distributed across the world. Found in meadows and cities.

Poisonous, This agaric might contain toxins which could prove fatal.

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