Conocybe hornana Singer & Hauskn.
(a conecap)

Interactions where Conocybe hornana is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody inhabits dung of soil mixed with manure UK/Ireland [Large Herbivores] cattle, deer, pigs and horses Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Bolbitiaceae/Conocybe hornana/Conocybe hornanaa conecapfruitbody Animal / dung / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Large Herbivores/Large Herbivorescattle, deer, pigs and horsessoil mixed withmanure
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed straw Foreign [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Bolbitiaceae/Conocybe hornana/Conocybe hornanaa conecapfruitbody Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsdecayedstraw

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Conocybe hornana (a conecap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Conocybe hornana (a conecap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesConocybe hornana (a conecap)
GenusConocybe (conecap toadstools)
FamilyBOLBITIACEAE (fieldcap and conecap toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Conocybe hornana (a conecap)

Conocybe hornana (a conecap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Conocybe hornana (a conecap):

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