Conocybe apala is a basidiomycete fungus belonging to the genus Conocybe. The species has been taxonomically reclassified a number of times. Until recently, it was also commonly called Conocybe lactea or Conocybe albipes and is colloquially known as the white dunce cap or the milky conecap.
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Distribution
Widespread but fairly rare
Habitat
On leaf litter and woody debris in northern woodlands. Occasionally in open meadows
Cap
Striate when wet. Drying to almost white.
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| Shape | Convex, Campanulate |
| Surface | Smooth |
| Width | 2 - 6.5 cm |
| Margin | Striate |
Gills
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| Attachment | Adnate |
| Spacing | close |
Flesh
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Stem
Distinctly bulbous base
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| Height | 6 - 14 cm |
| Width | 2 - 6 mm |
| Texture | Pruinose |
| Shape | Bulbous |
Spores
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| Shape | Ellipsoid, Ovoid, Thick-walled, Germ-pore |
| Ornamentation | Smooth |
| Size | 9-14.5 x 6-8 μm |
Microscopic Features
Skittle-shaped cheilocystidia with head 3-5 μm wide. 4-spored basidia.
Classification
- ↳ Phylum: Basidiomycota
- ↳ Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
- ↳ Class: Agaricomycetes
- ↳ Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- ↳ Order: Agaricales
- ↳ Family: Bolbitiaceae
- ↳ Genus: Conocybe
Synonyms
- Agaricus apalus Fr.
- Agaricus tener non Schaeffer (1762)
- Bolbitius albipes G.H. Otth
- Bolbitius tener Berk.
- Bolbitius tener Berk. & Br.
- Conocybe albipes (G.H. Otth) Hauskn.
- Conocybe apala sensu auct.
- Conocybe lactea (J. Lange) Metrod
- Conocybe lactea (J.E. Lange) Métrod
- Conocybe lactea var. huijsmanii Watling ined.
- Conocybe lateritia (Fr.) Kühner
- Conocybe lateritia sensu auct.
- Galera apala (Fr.) Sacc.
- Galera hapala (Fr.) Sacc.
- Galera hapala subsp. sphaerobasis (H. Post ex Fr.) Sacc.
- Galera lactea J. Lange
- Galera lactea J.E. Lange
- Galera lateritia Berk. & Broome
- Galera lateritia sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. Fung. 517 (460) Vol. 3 (1886)]
- Mycena tenera Gray
Reference Sources
T. Læssøe, J. H. Peterson (2019) Fungi of Temperate Europe Vol. 1. Princeton University Press.
R. Phillips (2006) Mushrooms. Macmillan.
G. Kibby (2023) Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe Vol. 4. Geoffrey Kibby.
Genus Conocybe
No other species found in this genus.
