Gautieria monticola

Gautieria monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Gomphales
Family:	Gomphaceae
Genus:	Gautieria
Species:	G. monticola
Binomial name
Gautieria monticola Harkn. (1884)

Gautieria monticola
Mycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is mycorrhizal

Gautieria monticola is a species of hypogeal fungus in the family Gomphaceae. It was described as new to science in 1884 by American mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness. ^[1]

It grows up to 9 centimetres (3+1⁄2 in) across with no stem. It is pallid in youth then tannish to brownish, with similarly coloured spore chambers. In age, it smells like decaying onions or sour milk. ^{[2] [3]}

It is nonpoisonous, but has a rubbery texture and may smell unpleasant. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Harkness HW. (1884). "New species of California fungi". Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences. 1: 30.
2. Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. p. 747. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 484. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.