Calocybe
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| Calocybe ionides | |
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| Genus: | Calocybe
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Calocybe is a genus of mushroom, including St. George's mushroom, which is edible. There are not many species of this genus in Britain. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms kalos "pretty", and cubos "head".[1]
List of Species
- Calocybe alneti
- Calocybe atropapillata
- Calocybe bipigmentata
- Calocybe carnea - Pink Fairhead
- Calocybe cerina
- Calocybe chrysenteron
- Calocybe civilis
- Calocybe clusii
- Calocybe coniceps
- Calocybe constricta
- Calocybe cyanea
- Calocybe cyanella
- Calocybe cyanocephala
- Calocybe eborina
- Calocybe fallax
- Calocybe gambosa - St. George's Mushroom
- Calocybe georgii
- Calocybe indica
- Calocybe ionides
- Calocybe onychina
- Calocybe rubra
- ^ Nilson S & Persson O (1977). Fungi of Northern Europe 2: Gill-Fungi. Penguin. pp. p. 24. ISBN 0-14-063006-6.
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