Conocybe vaginata
| Conocybe vaginata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Species: | C. vaginata |
| Binomial name | |
| Conocybe vaginata Watling (1979) | |
Conocybe vaginata | |
|---|---|
 | 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 |
Conocybe vaginata is a species of mushroom-producing fungus in the family Bolbitiaceae.[1][2]
Taxonomy
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]
Description
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]
Habitat and distribution
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]
References
- ^ "Species fungorum – Conocybe vaginata Watling". www.speciesfungorum.org.
- ^ "Mycobank Database - Conocybe vaginata".
- ^ a b c d Watling, Roy (1979). "Observations on the Bolbitiaceae XVII Volvate Species of Conocybe" (PDF). Sydowia Beihefte. 8: 401–415.