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Conocybe filaris



Conocybe filaris

Conocybe filaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Subclass: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Conocybe
Species: C. filaris
Binomial name
Conocybe filaris
(Fries) Kühner
Synonyms

Pholiota filaris
Pholiotina filaris
Agaricus togularis var. filaris
Pholiota togularis var. filaris

Conocybe filaris
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 
 

cap is conical or flat

 

hymenium is adnexed

 

stipe has a ring

 
 

spore print is brown or reddish-brown

 

ecology is saprophytic

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edibility: deadly

Conocybe filaris is a common lawn mushroom which is widely distributed and especially common in the pacific northwest. It contains the same mycotoxins as the death cap. It is also known as Pholiotina filaris.

Description

Conocybe filaris has a cap which is conical, expanding to flat, usually with an umbo. It is less than 3 cm across, has a smooth brown top, and the margin is often striate. The gills are rusty brown, close, and adnexed. The stalk is 2 mm thick and 1 to 6 cm long, smooth, and brown, with a prominent and movable ring. The spore print is rusty brown.

Distribution and habitat

Conocybe filaris is common and widely distributed on lawns and wood chips in America's Pacific Northwest.

Toxicity

They have been shown to contain amatoxins, which are highly toxic to the liver and are responsible for many deaths by poisoning from mushrooms in the genera Amanita and Lepiota.

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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Conocybe_filaris". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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