Calocybe

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.

Calocybe
Calocybe ionides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Lyophyllaceae
Genus:	Calocybe Kühner ex Donk
Type species
Calocybe gambosa

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

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
2. "Success story of mushroom cultivation". YouTube. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
3. Nilson S, Persson O (1977). Fungi of Northern Europe 2: Gill-Fungi. Penguin. p. 24. ISBN 0-14-063006-6.