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Calocybe

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Calocybe is a small genus of about 40 species of mushroom, including St. George's mushroom, which is edible, and milky mushroom, which is edible and is cultivated in India. There are not many species of this genus in Britain. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms kalos "pretty", and cubos "head". Around nine species are found in neotropical regions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderAgaricales
  5. FamilyLyophyllaceae
Observations recorded32,097

Calocybe Kühner ex Donk, Nova Hedwigia, Beih. 5: 42 (1962). Al genere Calocybe appartengono funghi saprofiti terricoli con portamento tricolomatoide o collibioide, cappello bianco-giallastro o rosa-violaceo, asciutto, lamelle bianche o giallastre, sottili, fitte, di solito adnate, gambo privo di anello, sporata bianca, spore non amiloidi, ellittiche, lisce o verrucose, prive di poro germinativo. Indice 1 Etimologia 2 Descrizione 3 Distribuzione e habitat 4 Commestibilità 5 Tassonomia 6 Specie di Calocybe 7 Altri progetti Etimologia Dal greco kalós (καλός) = bello e kúbe (κύβη) = testa, cioè dal bel cappello Descrizione Distribuzione e habitat Commestibilità Non significativa. Una sola specie di elevato interesse alimentare: Calocybe gambosa. Tassonomia Specie di Calocybe C. gambosa La specie tipo è Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Donk (1962), altre specie incluse sono: Calocybe alneti Calocybe atropapillata Calocybe bipigmentata Calocybe carnea Calocybe cerina Calocybe chrysenteron Calocybe civilis Calocybe clusii Calocybe coniceps Calocybe ionides Calocybe constricta Calocybe cyanea Calocybe cyanella Calocybe cyanocephala Calocybe eborina Calocybe fallax Calocybe gangraenosa Calocybe georg

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
82
With media
86
Family
Lyophyllaceae
Collections
F, DBG, DUKE, UT, OSC, TENN-F
Recorded in
United States, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Russian Federation

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Calocybe is a small genus of about 40 species of mushroom, including St. George's mushroom, which is edible, and milky mushroom, which is edible and is cultivated in India. There are not many species of this genus in Britain. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms kalos "pretty", and cubos "head". Around nine species are found in neotropical regions.

==Species==

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