Gymnopilus lepidotus

Gymnopilus lepidotus is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae.

Gymnopilus lepidotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. lepidotus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus lepidotus
Hesler (1969)
Gymnopilus lepidotus
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed or adnate
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: can cause allergic reactions

Description

The cap is 0.4 to 0.8 centimetres (0.2 to 0.3 in) in diameter.[1]

Habitat and distribution

Gymnopilus lepidotus grows on gum logs in Florida, in July.[1]

Phylogeny

This species is in the lepidotus-subearlei grouping.[2]

See also

References
  1. Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
  2. Guzman-Davalos L, Mueller G, Cifuentes J, Miller AN, Santerre A (2003). "Traditional infrageneric classification of Gymnopilus is not supported by ribosomal DNA sequence data". Mycologia. 95 (6): 1204–1214. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833028. PMID 21149021. S2CID 3293845.


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