Baeospora myosura

Baeospora myosura is a species of fungus that produces mushrooms with long, coarse hairs.[1] It grows on plant material and manure. It is white to cream and the spore color is white, cream, or yellowish. It is commonly found in North America and Europe. The common name of the mushroom is conifercone cap.[2] It was described in 1938 by mycologist Rolf Singer.[3] It is regarded as nonpoisonous.[4]

Baeospora myosura
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B. myosura
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Baeospora myosura
Singer (1938)

References

  1. "Canadian Biodiversity". Archived from the original on 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  2. Roger's Mushrooms
  3. Singer R. (1938). "Notes sur quelques Basidiomycetes". Revue de Mycologie (in French). 3: 187–99.
  4. 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.


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