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Species of fungus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conocybe vaginata is a species of mushroom-producing fungus in the family Bolbitiaceae.[1][2]
Conocybe vaginata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
Genus: | Conocybe |
Species: | C. vaginata |
Binomial name | |
Conocybe vaginata Watling (1979) | |
Conocybe vaginata | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is conical or ovate | |
Hymenium is free or adnexed | |
Stipe has a volva | |
Spore print is brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is unknown |
It was described in 1979 by the Scottish mycologist Roy Watling who classified it as Conocybe vaginata.[3]
It is notable as being one of the few Conocybe species which has a volva and subsequently was placed in Conocybe sect. Singerella along with the other volvate species.[3]
Conocybe vaginata is a small volvate mushroom.
Cap: 1.4-2cm wide starting hemispherical to ovoid to campanulate before expanding with age. The hygrophanous surface is smooth, dry and very striated with a brownish or greyish beige colour. Stem: 7-7.6cm long and 1-2mm thick. The surface is white and smooth with a pubescent coating all over but no striations. It is very fragile and hollow with a swollen base that sits inside the persistent, membranous white volva. Gills: Free to adnexed, greyish beige to pale rust coloured becoming more rust brown with age. They are narrow and ventricose. Spores: (11) 11.5-12.5 (13) x 8.5-10 x 6.5-8 μm. Broadly ellipsoid and smooth with a thick wall and large germ pore. Yellow-brown in water turning red-brown in KOH. Basidia: (17.5) 20-24 x 12-15 μm. Clavate and hyaline in water or alkaline mounts.[3]
The specimens studied by Watling were found under bamboo in Castanopsis and Araucaria woodland and on rotten wood in Castanopsis forests in New Guinea.[3]
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