Gymnopilus chrysopellus

Gymnopilus chrysopellus is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.

Gymnopilus chrysopellus
Gymnopilus chrysopellus in San Juan, Puerto Rico, US
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. chrysopellus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus chrysopellus
Gymnopilus chrysopellus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic

Description edit

The cap is 2.5 to 4 centimetres (1.0 to 1.6 in) in diameter.[1]

Habitat and distribution edit

Gymnopilus chrysopellus has been found growing on dead wood in Cuba.[1]

See also edit

List of Gymnopilus species

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 45–46. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.

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