Gymnopilus spectabilis
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Gymnopilus spectabilis, also known as Gymnopilus junonius is a large and widely distributed hallucinogenic mushroom which grows in dense clusters on dead hardwoods and conifers. It has a rusty orange spore print, a bitter taste, stains red with KOH and turns green when cooked in a pan.
Gymnopilus spectabilis includes subspecies which contain the hallucinogen psilocybin. Specimens found in the eastern US or Japan is more likely to contain psilocybin than similar mushrooms found in the western part of the US or Europe. [1] In Japan this mushroom is called waraitake, which translates to "laughing mushroom". This mushroom is often mistaken for Gymnopilus ventricosus, which contains no psilocybin.
This mushroom contains bis-noryangonin and hispidine, which are structurally related to alpha-pyrones found in kava. [1]
[edit] Description
The cap ranges from 7 to 42 cm across, is convex, and is bright orange, orangish brown, or reddish brown with a dry scaly surface. The flesh is yellow and the gills are adnate to subdecurrant. The stem is 25-265 mm long, .8 to 9 mm thick, dusted with rusty orange spores and often narrowing near the base.
[edit] References
- ^ G. M. Hatfield, L. R. Brady (1969). Occurrence of bis-noryangonin in Gymnopilus spectabilis. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 58 (10): 1298 - 1299.
- C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et. al., Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5
[edit] External Links
- Tom's Fungi of the Month - Gymnopilus spectabilis
- Mushroom Expert - Gymnopilus junionius
- Mushroom John - Gymnopilus spectabilis
- Mycologica - Scientific Gymnopilus information
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