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

Gymnopilus armillatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. armillatus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus armillatus
Murrill (1940)
Gymnopilus armillatus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic

Description edit

The cap is 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) in diameter.[1]

Habitat and distribution edit

Gymnopilus armillatus has been found growing on the root of a living sweetgum tree, in Florida in December.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.