Biology:Gymnopilus subearlei
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Gymnopilus subearlei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Gymnopilus |
| Species: | G. subearlei
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnopilus subearlei R.Valenz., Guzmán & J.Castillo (1981)
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| Gymnopilus subearlei | |
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 | 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Traditional infrageneric classification of Gymnopilus is not supported by ribosomal DNA sequence data". Mycologia: 1204–14. 2003.
Wikidata ☰ Q5624994 entry
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