White Dunce Cap

''Conocybe apala'' is a basidiomycete fungus and a member of ''Conocybe''. It is a fairly common fungus, both in North America and Europe, found growing among short green grass. Until recently, the species was also commonly called ''Conocybe lactea'' or ''Conocybe albipes'' and is colloquially known as the White Dunce Cap ....hieroglyph snipped... Another common synonym, ''Bolbitius albipes'' G.H. Otth 1871, places the fungus in the genus ''Bolbitius''.