Gymnopilus validipes

Gymnopilus validipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species: G. validipes
Binomial name
Gymnopilus validipes
((Peck) Hesler)
Synonyms

Cortinarius validipes Gymnopolis magna

Gymnopilus validipes
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex

hymenium is adnexed

or adnate
stipe has a ring
spore print is yellow-orange
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Gymnopilus validipes is a widely distributed mushroom of North America and Europe. Gymnopilus validipes contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. The mild taste of this mushroom stands in contrast to closely related bitter species. Validipes means "having a robust stalk." Gymnopilus validipes contains about 0.12% psilocybin.[1]

Description

Habitat and formation

Gymnopilus validipes is found growing gregarious to cespitose on tree stumps, hardwood logs and debris, widespread in the United States, common from the Great Lakes and eastward.

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