Gymnopilus palmicola

Gymnopilus palmicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species: G. palmicola
Binomial name
Gymnopilus palmicola
Murrill
Gymnopilus palmicola
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex

hymenium is adnexed

or adnate
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: inedible

Gymnopilus palmicola is a species of mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family.

Description

The cap is 2 to 5 centimetres (0.8 to 2.0 in) in diameter.[1]

This species does not stain blue and therefore probably does not contain hallucinogenic compounds. [2]

Habitat and distribution

Gymnopilus palmicola grows on the logs of palms, and on living orchids. It has been found in Cuba, Mexico, and Florida between the months of March to September.[1]

See also

List of Gymnopilus species

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
  2. ↑ Guzmán-Dávalos L. (2006). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 8 (3): 289–293. ISSN 1521-9437. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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