Conocybe macrospora
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| Conocybe macrospora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Bolbitiaceae |
| Genus: | Conocybe |
| Species: | C. macrospora |
| Binomial name | |
| Conocybe macrospora | |
| Synonyms | |
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Galerula macrospora G.F. Atk. (1918) | |
Conocybe macrospora | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is campanulate or convex |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Conocybe macrospora is a species of mushroom-producing fungus in the family Bolbitiaceae.[1][2]
It was described in 1918 by the American mycologist George Francis Atkinson who classified it as Galerula macrospora.[3]
In 1929 John Eugene Sass described Galera tenera f. bispora as a form variant of Galera tenera (now known as Conocybe tenera) which differed from this species by virtue of having two spored basidia with examination of the basidia being the only means noted of distinguishing them.[4] This form is listed as a synonym of Conocybe macrospora by species fungorum.
In 1971 Conocybe ochracea f. macrospora was described by Robert Kühner and Roy Watling and Conocybe rubiginosa as described by Watling is now also considered a synonym.[1]
In 2003 the species was reclassified as Conocybe macrospora by Anton Hausknecht[5] and in Conocybe pubescens var. macrospora as described in 2007 by Erhard Ludwig is now also considered a synonym.[1]