Conocybe species generally prefer fertile soils in lawns and pastures and are found worldwide.

[2] However, Pholiotina as it is currently defined is polyphyletic, although none of the three clades that make it up belong in Conocybe.

Four species of Conocybe that are known to contain the hallucinogenic compounds psilocin and psilocybin are C. kuehneriana, C. siligineoides, C. cyanopus, and C. smithii.

[5] Conocybe filaris is a common lawn mushroom that contains the same deadly toxins as the death cap.

Except for ornamental purposes, growing, selling or possessing Conocybe spp.