Gymnopilus terrestris

Gymnopilus terrestris is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae.

Gymnopilus terrestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. terrestris
Binomial name
Gymnopilus terrestris
Hesler (1969)
Gymnopilus terrestris
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Description

The cap is 3 to 7 centimetres (1.2 to 2.8 in) in diameter.[1] The species is inedible.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Gymnopilus terrestris grows on soil and humus, under conifers. It has been found in the US states of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, fruiting from June to October.[1]

See also

References
  1. Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 34–35. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.


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