Large Conecap

Conocybe intrusa

Greenhouses, orangeries. All year round.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-7 cm across, fleshy, hemispherical when young, later convex-flattened, surface smooth, sometimes slightly wrinkled, yellowish, sand-coloured, the margin grooved, usually soiled with earth, dirty. Gills cream, later yellowish-brown, broad, up to 0.7 cm wide, adnexed. Stem 2-3 (4)x0.5-2 cm thick, solid or with an inconspicuous cavity, finely fibrillose, yellowish, cream, soiled with earth in the lower part because it is deeply embedded in the soil. Flesh white, thick, up to 0.7 cm thick, not bitter, without any particular smell. Characteristic features: a fleshy, massive Conocybe. Food value unknown. Saprotroph. Grows in greenhouses and fields, in rich soil, singly or in small groups, in May–August. Adventive, warmth-loving. Protected.