Conocybe Fayod
(conecap toadstools)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Conocybe aeruginosa
Verdigris Conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe apala
Milky Conecap
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Conocybe aporos
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe aurea
Golden Conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe brachypodii
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe echinata
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe graminis
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe hadrocystis
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe incarnata
a conecap
(Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Conocybe intrusa
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe juniana
a conecap
Species 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Conocybe macrospora
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe mesospora
a conecap
Cap (Click to open)
 		Species 9 images
Conocybe microrrhiza
Species 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Conocybe microspora
Species 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Conocybe moseri
a conecap
Species 2 ident. refs
Conocybe pubescens
a conecap
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Species 62 images
Conocybe pulchella
Beautiful Conecap
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Species 32 images 1 ident. refs
Conocybe siennophylla
a conecap
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Conocybe siliginea
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe striipes
a conecap
(Click to open)
 		Species 17 images
Conocybe subpubescens
Downy Conecap
(Click to open)
 		Species 21 images 1 ident. refs
Conocybe subxerophytica
Species 1 ident. refs
Conocybe velutipes
Fleecyfoot Conecap
(Click to open)
 		Species 19 images 1 ident. refs
Conocybe watlingii
a conecap
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusConocybe (conecap toadstools)
FamilyBOLBITIACEAE (fieldcap and conecap toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Arnolds, E. Genus Pholiotina Fay. Arnolds, E. Genus Conocybe Fay., 60pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 6
Hausknecht, A. 2009 Conocybe Fayod, Pholiotina Fayod Fungi Europaei, Vol 11, 968pp, Mykoflora
Hausknecht, A. 1997 Some rare Agaricales with brown or darker spores Fungi Non Delineati Pars II.
Melzer, A. 2013 Conocybe, Pholiotina www.vielepilze.de/coprinus/coprinus.html
Orton, P.D. 1960 *** New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.
Watling, R. 1982 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitius & Conocybe British Fungus Flora, Vol 3, 139pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Conocybe (conecap toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Conocybe (conecap toadstools)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 87 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Conocybe (conecap toadstools)
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