Connopus

Connopus is a fungal genus in the family Omphalotaceae. The monotypic genus was circumscribed in 2010 to accommodate the species Connopus acervatus, formerly in the genus Gymnopus.[2] It is found in North American and Europe, where it grows in dense clusters on decaying wood.[3] It is regarded as inedible.[4]

Connopus
Connopus acervatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Omphalotaceae
Genus:
Connopus

Type species
Connopus acervatus
(Fries) R.H.Petersen (1821)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus acervatus Fr. (1821)
  • Agaricus erythropus var. acervatus (Fr.) Pers. (1828)
  • Collybia acervata (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Marasmius acervatus (Fr.) P.Karst. (1889)
  • Gymnopus acervatus (Fr.) Murrill (1916)

References
  1. "Connopus acervatus (Fr.) R.H. Petersen 2010". MycoBank. International Mycological Association.
  2. Hughes KW, Mather DA, Petersen RH (2010). "A new genus to accommodate Gymnopus acervatus (Agaricales)". Mycologia. 102 (6): 1463–78. doi:10.3852/09-318. PMID 20943554. S2CID 5708777.
  3. Phillips R. "Collybia acervata". RogersMushrooms. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  4. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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