Conocybe
| Conocybe | |
|---|---|
| |
| Conocybe tenera | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Type species | |
| Conocybe tenera | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Conocybe is a genus of mushrooms with Conocybe tenera as the type species and at least 243 other species. There are at least 50 different species in North America.
Most have a long, thin fragile
polyphyletic, although none of the three clades that make it up belong in Conocybe.[2] Similar to Galerina, a Conocybe species can be distinguished microscopically by its cellular cap cuticle, which is filamentous (thread-like) in Galerina. It is easy to confuse Conocybe species for Galerina species unless the microscopic nature of the cap cuticle is examined. Conocybe species have cap cuticles resembling cobblestones. Conocybe species can also be mistaken for species of Bolbitius
.
Four species of Conocybe that are known to contain the
death cap.
Conocybe comes from the
Greek
cono meaning cone and cybe meaning head.
Selected species
- Conocybe apala (very common)
- Conocybe aurea
- Conocybe coprophila (Coprophilous)
- Conocybe cyanopus(psychoactive)
- Conocybe elegans
- Conocybe farinacea (Coprophilous)
- Conocybe filaris(deadly)
- Conocybe kuehneriana(psychoactive)
- Conocybe moseri
- Conocybe pubescens (Coprophilous)
- Conocybe reticulata
- Conocybe rickenii
- Conocybe siligineoides (psychoactive)
- Conocybe smithii(psychoactive)
- Conocybe tenera (type species)
- Conocybe volviradicata[6]
Legal status
United States
Louisiana
Except for ornamental purposes, growing, selling or possessing Conocybe spp. (and Psilocybe spp.) is prohibited by Louisiana State Act 159.
See also
References
- ^ "Synonymy: Conocybe Fayod". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
- ^ PMID 23418526.
- ^ Guzmán G, Allen JW, Gartz J (1998). "A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto. 14: 198–280. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- PMID 36430546.
- ^ Heim R, Wasson RG (1958). Les champignons hallucinogènes du Mexique: études ethnologiques, taxinomiques, biologiques, physiologiques et chimiques (in French). Paris, France: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
- doi:10.5248/114.145.
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