Biology:Gymnopilus echinulisporus

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Short description: Species of fungus

Gymnopilus echinulisporus
Gymnopilus echinulisporus AR.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. echinulisporus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus echinulisporus
Murrill (1912)
Gymnopilus echinulisporus
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed or adnate
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: inedible

Gymnopilus echinulisporus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first formally described by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1912.[1]

Description

The convex to flattened cap is up to 7 cm (2.8 in) in diameter.[2]

Spores of G. echinulisporus at 1000x magnification

Habitat and distribution

Gymnopilus echinulisporus has been found growing on wood in Oregon in November.[2]

See also

References

  1. Murrill WA. (1912). "The Agaricaceae of the Pacific Coast – II. White and ochre-spored genera". Mycologia 4 (5): 231–62. doi:10.2307/3753448. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0004/005/0231.htm. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-945345-39-9. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5624777 entry