Gymnopilus bellulus

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]

Gymnopilus bellulus
Gymnopilus bellulus in Mount Mitchell, Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, US
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Hymenogastraceae
Genus:
Gymnopilus
Species:
G.  bellulus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus bellulus
Gymnopilus bellulus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended

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

List of Gymnopilus species

References
  1. Murrill WA. (1917). "Gymnopilus". North American Flora. 10: 193–215.
  2. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  3. 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. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
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