Conocybe apala

banner
Appears in
Mushrooms

By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

  • About

Conocybe apala (Fr.) Arnolds syn. C. albipes (G.H. Otth) Hauskn. syn. C. lactea (J.E. Lange) Métrod (illustrated 55% life size) Cap 1–2.5cm across, conical to narrowly bell-shaped; whitish to yellowish-cream, not hygrophanous or striate. Stem 30–110×1–2mm, with a rounded bulb; white; powdery near apex. Flesh thin. Gills free; white then cinnamon. Spores 11.5–15×7–10¼, elliptical with a germ-pore. Basidia 4-spored. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, skittle-shaped, head 4.5–5.7¼ wide. Habitat on lawns, roadsides, sawdust, and sand-dunes; late summer to late autumn. Frequent. Unknown edibility.