Conocybe aurea

Conocybe aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Conocybe
Species: C. aurea
Binomial name
Conocybe aurea
(Jul.Schäff.) Hongo (1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Galera aurea Jul.Schäff. (1930)
  • Conocybe tenera var. aurea (Jul.Schäff.) Kühner (1935)
  • Conocybe tenera f. aurea (Jul.Schäff.) Enderle (1999)
  • Conocybe aurea var. hololeuca Hauskn. (2000)

Conocybe aurea is a basidiomycete fungus in the family Bolbitiaceae.

Taxonomy

The fungus was first described to science in 1930 by German mycologist Julius Schäffer, who called it Galera aurea. Tsuguo Hongo transferred it to the genus Conocybe in 1963.[2] In 2000, Anton Hausknecht published the variety C. aurea var. hololeuca, but this taxon is not considered to have independent taxonomic significance by Index Fungorum.[3] The specific epithet aurea, meaning gold-coloured, refers to the fruitbody colour.

Habitat and distribution

Conocybe aurea is a saprobic fungus that prefers to grow in nitrate-rich soils, fields, woodchip mulch, old compost, and greenhouses. A rare but widespread species, it is found in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "GSD Species Synonymy: Conocybe aurea (Jul. Schäff.) Hongo". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  2. ↑ Hongo T. (1963). "Notes on Japanese larger fungi (16)". Journal of Japanese Botany. 38: 233–240.
  3. ↑ Hausknecht A. (2000). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Bolbitiaceae 6. Die Conocybe tenera-Gruppe in Europa, Teil 1". Österreichische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde (in German). 9: 73–109 (see p. 86).
  4. ↑ Overall A, Hodge V. (2015). "Conocybe aurea, a rare British native or another coloniser?". Field Mycology. 16 (1): 14–15. doi:10.1016/j.fldmyc.2015.01.006.

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