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Conocybe subpallida

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Conocybe subpallida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Conocybe
Species:
C. subpallida
Binomial name
Conocybe subpallida
Enderle (1991)
Conocybe subpallida
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or conical
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is unknown

Conocybe subpallida is a species of mushroom-producing fungus in the family Bolbitiaceae.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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It was described in 1991 by the mycologist Manfred Enderle who classified it as Conocybe subpallida.[3]

In 1992 the species Conocybe subalpina was described by Rolf Singer and Anton Hausknecht[4] as a reclassification of Singer's 1989 Conocybe mesospora var. subalpina. However this species is now considered a synonym as it was reclassified as Conocybe subpallida var. subalpina in 2003 by Everhardus Johannes Maria Arnolds.[5]

Description

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Cap: 3.5–5 cm wide, starting hemispherical when young then convex to conical before expanding to flat convex. The hygrophanous surface is very pale ochre or light cream with faint striations and a darker brown centre. Stem: 6.5–8 cm long and 3 mm thick with a slightly narrower apex and wide base. The surface is light cream coloured with striations and a pruinose coating over the entire length and a slightly tomentose base. It is fragile and becomes more light brown with age. Gills: Close to crowded, adnate with a small tooth, cinnamon coloured and developing a saffron tinge with age and a lighter edge. Spores: 10–11.6 x 5.8-6.8 μm. Ellipsoid to elongated ovoid to amygdaliform with inconspicuous germ pore and apicule. Ochre-yellow in a 10% solution of ammonia. Basidia: 4 spored.[3]

Habitat and distribution

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The specimens studied by Enderle were found growing in a cow pasture between the remains of old grass, wood and cow manure as well as on the side of roads by forests and in grass under trees.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Species fungorum – Conocybe subpallida Enderle". www.speciesfungorum.org.
  2. ^ "Mycobank Database - Conocybe subpallida".
  3. ^ a b c Enderle, Manfred (1991). "Conocybe-Pholiotina-Studien II" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Mykologie. 57 (1): 91–92.
  4. ^ Singer, R.; Hausknecht, A. (1992). "The group of Conocybe subpallida in Europe (Bolbitiaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 180 (1/2): 77–104. Bibcode:1992PSyEv.180...77S. doi:10.1007/BF00940399. ISSN 0378-2697. JSTOR 23674720.
  5. ^ Arnolds, EEF (2003). "Notulae Ad Floram Agaricinam Needlandicam - XL: New Combinations in Conocybe and Pholiotina" (PDF). Persoonia. 18 (2).