Calocybe carnea

Calocybe carnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Genus: Calocybe
Species:
C. carnea
Binomial name
Calocybe carnea
(Bull.) Donk (1962)
Synonyms
List
  • Agaricus carneus Bull. (1792)
  • Tricholoma carneum (Bull.) P.Kumm (1871)
  • Gyrophila carnea (Bull.) Quél. (1886)
  • Calocybe carnea (Bull.) Kühner (1938)
  • Lyophyllum carneum (Bull.) Kühner & Romagn. (1953)
  • Rugosomyces carneus (Bull.) Bon (1991)
  • Gyrophila carnea var. mammosa Quél. (1890)
  • Collybia readii G. Stev. (1964)
  • Calocybe readii (G. Stev.) E. Horak (1971)
Calocybe carnea
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is adnexed or sinuate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible but not recommended

Calocybe carnea is a species of fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. It has small pink-capped mushrooms with white gills and can be found in grassy meadows, fields, or on lawns from spring to autumn in Europe and North America. Its common names include pink fairhead[1] and pink domecap.[2]

  1. ^ Thomas Laessoe (1998). Mushrooms (flexi bound). Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7513-1070-2.
  2. ^ Roger Phillips (2006). Mushrooms. Pan MacMillan. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-330-44237-4.