Connopus
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| Connopus acervatus | |
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| Genus: | Connopus R.H.Petersen (2010)
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| Connopus acervatus (Fries) R.H.Petersen (1821)
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Connopus is a fungal genus in the family Omphalotaceae. The monotypic genus was circumscribed in 2010 to accommodate the species Connopus acervatus, formerly in the genus Gymnopus.[2]
The cap is up to 4 centimetres (1+1⁄2 in) wide, with regions of reddish-brown and cream colours. The gills are adnexed and white, darkening with age. The stem is up to 8 cm (3+1⁄8 in) long. The spore print is white.[3]
It is found in North American and Europe, where it grows in dense clusters on decaying wood.[4] It is regarded as inedible.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Connopus acervatus (Fr.) R.H. Petersen 2010". MycoBank. International Mycological Association.
- ^ Hughes KW, Mather DA, Petersen RH (2010). "A new genus to accommodate Gymnopus acervatus (Agaricales)". Mycologia. 102 (6): 1463–78. doi:10.3852/09-318. PMID 20943554. S2CID 5708777.
- ^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Phillips R. "Collybia acervata". RogersMushrooms. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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