
Conocybe macrocephala
Kühner & Watling

Study description
Hymeniform cutis, formed by clavate, practically spherical to very slightly pyriform, hyaline hyphae.
Caulocystidia abundant and lecythiform.
Cheilocystidia abundant, lecythiform, with a moderately broad capitulum. The width measurements indicated here correspond to the width of the capitulum, not the broadest part of the belly.
Basidia clavate, rather short, slightly widened at the apex, mostly 4-spored.
Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, thick-walled, with a lateral apiculus at one end and a germ pore at the opposite end, with vacuolar content, moderately darkening in KOH.
Geographic references
Map generated from global occurrence data from GBIF. GBIF.
Study measurements
Values in Microns (µm)Macroscopic gallery

1 / 2Conocybe macrocephala - 1 - IMG_6229
Microscopic gallery

1 / 23Conocybe macrocephala - 10 - Caulocistidios 1
