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Conocybe pubescens (Gillet) Kühner, 1935 (a conecap)

Notes (MWS) A common species of herbivore dung, especially in woodland. The fresh toadstools are a beautiful fulvous brown and minutely hairy.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Conocybe pubescens toadstool, in situ, lain down, close-ups, cheilocystidia, spores 21 October 2005 Berks England 7 6
Conocybe pubescens Fruitbody 1 October 2004 West Cornwall England 3 6
Conocybe pubescens Fruitbody 22 April 2000 Berks England 3 11 12
Conocybe pubescens Fruitbody 4 April 1980 West Sussex England 2
Conocybe pubescens Fruitbody 18 August 1979 West Sussex England 4

Suggested Literature

Conocybe pubescens may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
BOLBITIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Conocybe pubescens is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Large Herbivores - Cattle, Deer, Pigs And Horses fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of weathered dung Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [usually in woodland]
Photos fruitbody Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on weathered dung]

Associated with Conocybe pubescens:

Conocybe pubescens may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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