Baeospora myosura
Species of fungus
| Baeospora myosura | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Cyphellaceae |
| Genus: | Baeospora |
| Species: | B. myosura |
| Binomial name | |
| Baeospora myosura (Fr.) Singer (1938)[1] | |
Species of fungus
Baeospora myosura Mycological characteristics | |
|---|---|
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white to cream |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Baeospora myosura, commonly known as conifercone cap, is a species of fungus that produces agaricoid fruit bodies on decaying pine and spruce cones. The pileus is pale brown to cream, the lamellae are pale and very crowded, and the spore print is white or cream and amyloid. It is commonly found in North America and Europe. It is regarded as nonpoisonous but is of unknown edibility.[2]
References
- ^ Singer R. (1938). "Notes sur quelques Basidiomycetes". Revue de Mycologie (in French). 3: 187–99.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
