Gymnopilus ventricosus

Gymnopilus ventricosus is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first described from the Stanford University campus by Franklin Sumner Earle as Pholiota ventricosa in 1902.

Gymnopilus ventricosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Hymenogastraceae
Genus:
Gymnopilus
Species:
G. ventricosus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus ventricosus
(Earle) Hesler (1969)
Synonyms[1]

Pholiota ventricosa Earle (1902)

Gymnopilus ventricosus
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gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed or adnate
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: inedible

Description

The cap is 7 to 8 cm (2+3⁄4 to 3+1⁄8 in) or larger in diameter.[2][3] The stalk is thick and bulbous, with a membranous ring.[3] This species contains no psilocybin, and is considered inedible.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Gymnopilus ventricosus (Earle) Hesler 1969". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  2. Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
  3. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
  4. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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