| Conocybe tenera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Species: | C. tenera
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| Binomial name | |
| Conocybe tenera | |
Conocybe tenera | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is conical or convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Conocybe tenera, commonly known as the brown dunce cap or common cone head,[2] is a widely distributed member of the genus Conocybe. This mushroom is the type species for the genus Conocybe.
- ^ Fayod, Victor (1889). "Prodrome d'une histoire naturelle des agaricinés". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 7. 9: 357.
- ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.