Gymnopilus melleus

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

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

Description

The cap is 2 to 3.5 centimetres (0.8 to 1.4 in) in diameter.[1]

Habitat and distribution

Gymnopilus melleus has been found growing in clusters on pine stumps in Alabama, fruiting in December.[1]

See also

References

  1. Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.


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