Fool's Conecap

Conocybe filaris (Fr.) Kühner

A species in the family Bolbitiaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.

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Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Conocybe

What it is called

English: Fool's Conecap
Welsh: Cap Bera'r Ffwl

Also known as

Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.

Agaricus togularis var. filaris Fr.
Galera pusilla Quel.
Pholiota filaris (Fr.) Lange
Pholiota pusilla (Quél.) Maire
Pholiota togularis var. filaris (Fr.) J.E.Lange
Pholiotina filaris (Fr.) Singer

Others in Conocybe

Conocybe aberrans Conocybe abjecta Conocybe acutoconica Conocybe aeruginosa Conocybe affinis Conocybe africana Conocybe alachuana Conocybe alba Conocybe alboradicans Conocybe alkovii Conocybe alpina Conocybe altaica

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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