Gymnopilus liquiritiae

Gymnopilus liquiritiae
Gymnopilus liquiritiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species: G. liquiritiae
Binomial name
Gymnopilus liquiritiae
((Persoon: Fries) Karsten)
Gymnopilus liquiritiae
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex

hymenium is adnexed

or adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is yellow-orange
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Gymnopilus liquiritiae is a mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family. The mushroom is widely distributed and grows in dense clusters on dead conifer wood. It has a rusty orange spore print, a bitter taste, and does not contain the hallucinogen psilocybin.[1] One of its key distinguishing features is the lack of partial veil.

Description

Habitat and formation

Gymnopilus liquiritiae is a widely distributed wood rotting mushroom, subcaespitose on conifer, seems to prefer dead hardwood in the southern regions.

See also

References

  1. Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0-9610798-0-0.
  2. "A Trial Key to GYMNOPILUS in the Pacific Northwest". Retrieved 2008-11-20.

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