Conocybe tenera (Schaeff.) Fayod
(Brown Cone-cap, Common Conecap)

Interactions where Conocybe tenera is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Bolbitiaceae/Conocybe tenera/Conocybe tenerabrown cone-cap, common conecapfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Conocybe tenera (Brown Cone-cap, Common Conecap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Conocybe tenera (Brown Cone-cap, Common Conecap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesConocybe tenera (Brown Cone-cap, Common Conecap)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Conocybe tenera (Brown Cone-cap, Common Conecap)

Conocybe tenera (Brown Cone-cap, Common Conecap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Conocybe tenera (Brown Cone-cap, Common Conecap):

A small brown toadstool of grass in gardens, parks etc and beside paths in woods. Relatively common, but older recods must be treated with caution since as many as ten spp. of Conocybe have been included under this name at one time or another.

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