07/Sep/24, 1:32 PM
Pirita jõeoru maastikukaitseala, Harjumaa, Estonia
Mixed wood, near road on grassland patch
59°28'00.8"N 24°51'10.7"E
🔆 Bright noon sun, open spot
Original Instagram postConocybe apala
milky conecap
- Scientific identification
- Conocybe apala (Fr.) Arnolds
- Family
- Bolbitiaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Conocybe
Names across languages
- English: milky conecap
- German: Milchweißes Samthäubchen
- Finnish: Jalokuupikka
- Estonian: Valge sametkübarik
- Russian: Коноцибе молочная
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-09-07.
Hymenium
Gills, crowded, initially whitish to pale, becoming cinnamon-brown to rust-colored as spores mature
Cap
Conical to bell-shaped when young, becoming broadly convex to almost flat with age, delicate, pale cream to whitish, a slight brownish tint in the center, smooth in texture
Hymenium Attachment
Adnexed to almost free
Stipe
Slender, fragile, hollow, pale whitish, covered in fine fibrils, lacking a ring, and often bruising easily
Spore print
Spore print cinnamon brown.
Description
Saprobic, commonly found on lawns, pastures, and grassy areas, after rain, late spring to early autumn
Edibility
Inedible, due to its fragile nature and potential confusion with toxic species
Fruit body
Fruit body small and delicate, 7–10 cm long, 1–3 mm thick
Dimensions
Cap: 1–4.5 cm in diameter
Chemical reactions
KOH gray to lilac gray on cap surface
Odour
Odour indistinct, slightly fungal
Taste
Taste indistinct
Microscopy
Spores ellipsoid, large pore, smooth, 10–15 x 6–8 µm, walls 0.5–1 µm thick, orangish brown in KOH, orangish in Melzer's, basidia 20 x 12 µm, abruptly clavate, 4-spored
Overview
Small, fragile mushroom with a delicate whitish cap
2003). Persoonia 18(2): 227.
Field encounters
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