Conical cap (Verpa conica)
- Department: Ascomycota (Ascomycetes)
- Subdivision: Pezizomycotina (Pezizomycotins)
- Class: Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
- Subclass: Pezizomycetidae (Pezizomycetes)
- Order: Pezizales (Pezizales)
- Family: Morchellaceae (Morels)
- Genus: Verpa (Verpa or Hat)
- Type: Verpa conica (Conical cap)
- Beanie multiform
- Verpa conical
Cap conical (lat. Conical verpa) is a species of mushrooms from the morel family. This species is a false morel, has a similar hat with morels.
External Description
A small mushroom that looks like a finger with a conical thimble. Thin-fleshy, fragile fruiting bodies 3-7 cm high. Longitudinally wrinkled or smooth hat 2-4 cm in diameter, brown or olive-brown, adhering to a smooth, whitish, hollow stem 5-12 mm thick and 4-8 cm high Ellipsoid, smooth, colorless spores 20-25 x 11-13 microns. The color of the cap varies from olive to dark brown.
Edibility
Edible, but of mediocre quality.
Habitat
It grows on calcareous soil, near hedges, among bushes.
Season
Late spring.
Similar species
Can sometimes be confused with morels (Morchella).