Connopus

Connopus
Connopus acervatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Omphalotaceae
Genus:
Connopus

Type species
Connopus acervatus
(Fries) R.H.Petersen (1821)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus acervatus Fr. (1821)
  • Agaricus erythropus var. acervatus (Fr.) Pers. (1828)
  • Collybia acervata (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Marasmius acervatus (Fr.) P.Karst. (1889)
  • Gymnopus acervatus (Fr.) Murrill (1916)

Connopus is a fungal genus in the family Omphalotaceae. The monotypic genus was circumscribed in 2010 to accommodate the species Connopus acervatus, formerly in the genus Gymnopus.[2] It is found in North American and Europe, where it grows in dense clusters on decaying wood.[3] It is regarded as inedible.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Connopus acervatus (Fr.) R.H. Petersen 2010". MycoBank. International Mycological Association.
  2. ^ Hughes KW, Mather DA, Petersen RH (2010). "A new genus to accommodate Gymnopus acervatus (Agaricales)". Mycologia. 102 (6): 1463–78. doi:10.3852/09-318. PMID 20943554. S2CID 5708777.
  3. ^ Phillips R. "Collybia acervata". RogersMushrooms. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  4. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.