Gymnopilus melleus

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Gymnopilus melleus
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. melleus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus melleus
Hesler (1969)
Gymnopilus melleus
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
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Adnexed gills icon2.svgAdnate gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic

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

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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. 1 2 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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