Biology:Gymnopilus subearlei

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Short description: Species of fungus

Gymnopilus subearlei
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. subearlei
Binomial name
Gymnopilus subearlei
R.Valenz., Guzmán & J.Castillo (1981)
Gymnopilus subearlei
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed or adnate
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Gymnopilus subearlei is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae.

Description

The cap is bright yellow to pale off-white yellow with amber fibrous scales, and ranges from 0.25 — 1.25in. in diameter. The stem is 0.25 — 2in. long and 0.06 — 0.25in. wide. It is white, fibrous, and stains yellow to brown where handled. The flesh of this mushroom stains blue and it contains the hallucinogen psilocybin.[1] It has a yellowish-orange spore print.

See also

Phylogeny

This species is in the lepidotus-subearlei infrageneric grouping of the genus Gymnopilus.[2]

References

  1. Guzmán-Dávalos L. (2006). "A New Bluing, Probably Hallucinogenic Species of Gymnopilus P. Karst. (Agaricomycetideae) from Mexico". International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 8 (3): 289–293. doi:10.1615/intjmedmushr.v8.i3.110. ISSN 1521-9437. 
  2. "Traditional infrageneric classification of Gymnopilus is not supported by ribosomal DNA sequence data". Mycologia: 1204–14. 2003. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5624994 entry