Biology:Gymnopilus bellulus
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Short description: Species of mushroom
| Gymnopilus bellulus | |
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| Gymnopilus bellulus in Mount Mitchell, Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, US | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Gymnopilus |
| Species: | G. bellulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnopilus bellulus (Peck) Murrill
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| Gymnopilus bellulus | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is convex |
 | hymenium is adnexed or adnate |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
| edibility: can cause allergic reactions | |
Gymnopilus bellulus is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was given its current name by American mycologist Murrill in 1917.[1] It is odorless, bitter in taste, and regarded as inedible.[2]
Description
The cap is 1 to 2.5 centimetres (3⁄8 to 1 in) in diameter,[3] and yellow to brown in color.[4] The gills are yellow and turn brownish with age.[4] The stipe is red-brown.[4]
Habitat and distribution
Gymnopilus bellulus has been found on conifer stumps and logs in the Northern United States, Tennessee , and Canada from June to January.[3] It also occurs in Europe.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Murrill WA. (1917). "Gymnopilus". North American Flora 10: 193–215.
- ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. pp. 294. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. pp. 181. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=WevHvt6Tr8kC.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5624735 entry
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