Gymnopilus ventricosus

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Gymnopilus ventricosus
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. ventricosus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus ventricosus
(Earle) Hesler (1969)
Synonyms [1]

Pholiota ventricosaEarle (1902)

Gymnopilus ventricosus
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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
Mycomorphbox Inedible.pngEdibility is inedible

Gymnopilus ventricosus, commonly known as the jumbo gym, [2] is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first described from the Stanford University campus by Franklin Sumner Earle as Pholiota ventricosa in 1902.

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Description

The cap is 7 to 8 cm (2+3⁄4 to 3+1⁄8 in) or larger in diameter. [3] [4] The stalk is thick and bulbous, with a membranous ring. [4] This species contains no psilocybin, and is considered inedible. [5] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gymnopilus ventricosus (Earle) Hesler 1969". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  2. 1 2 Arora, David (February 1, 1991). All that the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms. ISBN   9780898153880.
  3. ↑ Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN   0-945345-39-9.
  4. 1 2 Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 182. ISBN   978-0-88192-935-5.
  5. ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America . Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p.  198. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.


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