Calocybe

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Calocybe ionides.jpg | image_caption = ''Calocybe ionides'' | taxon = Calocybe | authority = Kühner ex Donk | type_species = ''Calocybe gambosa'' | type_genus_authority = (Fr.) Donk }}

'''''Calocybe''''' is a small genus of about 40 species of mushroom,<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi. |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford |year=2008|page=111|isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref> including St. George's mushroom, which is edible, and milky mushroom, which is edible and is cultivated in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir114BMuSFQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Ir114BMuSFQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Success story of mushroom cultivation|publisher=YouTube|date=February 19, 2010|accessdate=March 2, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> There are not many species of this genus in Britain. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek terms ''kalos'' "pretty", and ''cubos'' "head".<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Nilson S, Persson O | name-list-style = amp | year = 1977 | title = Fungi of Northern Europe 2: Gill-Fungi | publisher = Penguin|isbn=0-14-063006-6|pages=24}}</ref> Around nine species are found in neotropical regions.

==Species== {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Calocybe alneti'' * ''Calocybe atropapillata'' * ''Calocybe bipigmentata'' * ''Calocybe carnea'' — pink fairhead * ''Calocybe cerina'' * ''Calocybe chrysenteron'' * ''Calocybe civilis'' * ''Calocybe clusii'' * ''Calocybe coniceps'' * ''Calocybe constricta'' * ''Calocybe cyanea'' (Puerto Rico, Brazil) * ''Calocybe cyanella'' * ''Calocybe cyanocephala'' * ''Calocybe eborina'' * ''Calocybe fallax'' * ''Calocybe gambosa'' — St. George's mushroom * ''Calocybe gangraenosa'' * ''Calocybe georgii'' * ''Calocybe indica'' — milky mushroom * ''Calocybe ionides'' * ''Calocybe onychina'' * ''Calocybe rubra'' }} ==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Lyophyllaceae Category:Agaricales genera