Gymnopilus armillatus

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Gymnopilus armillatus
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. armillatus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus armillatus
Murrill (1940)
Gymnopilus armillatus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
Adnexed gills icon2.svgAdnate gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic

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

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Description

The cap is 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) in diameter. [1]

Habitat and distribution

Gymnopilus armillatus has been found growing on the root of a living sweetgum tree, in Florida in December. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. p. 31. ISBN   0-945345-39-9.