Gymnopilus aurantiophyllus | |
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in San Bruno, California, USA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Gymnopilus |
Species: | G. aurantiophyllus
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Binomial name | |
Gymnopilus aurantiophyllus Hesler (1969)
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Gymnopilus aurantiophyllus | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate | |
Stipe has a cortina | |
Spore print is brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is edible, but unpalatable |
Gymnopilus aurantiophyllus is a species of mushroom-forming saprotrophic fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae.
The cap is 4 to 8 cm (1.6 to 3.1 in) in diameter.[1] The caps are a bright yellow orange or ochre.[2] (Part of the binomial name comes from aurantius which is Latin for, more or less, orange.) The gills are "narrowly attached with a distinct notch."[2] Gymnopilus aurantiophyllus has a distinctly bitter taste and is not recommended for eating.[2]
Gymnopilus aurantiophyllus has been found growing in clumps on sawdust, in Oregon, in November.[1] It is found in pine forests and on decaying lignin-rich substrates like wood chips or old stumps.[2] Distribution of this species appears to be primarily the Pacific coast of North America, and it seems to be most frequently observed in the months of December and January.[3]