Stropharia coronilla

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Stropharia coronilla
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Stropharia
Species:
S. coronilla
Binomial name
Stropharia coronilla
(Bull.) Quél.
Synonyms
List
  • Psilocybe coronilla(Bull.) Noordel.
  • Geophila coronilla(Bull.) Quél.
  • Fungus coronillus(Bull. ex DC.) Kuntze
  • Agaricus coronillusBull. ex DC.
  • Stropharia coronilla(Bull.) W. Saunders & W.G. Sm.
  • Agaricus coronillaBull.
  • Agaricus horizontalisJoach. Pauli
Stropharia coronilla
Information icon.svg
Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svgFlat cap icon.svg Cap is convex or flat
Adnexed gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnexed
Ring stipe icon.svg Stipe has a ring
Transparent spore print icon.svg
Spore print is blackish-brown
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Poison.pngEdibility is poisonous

Stropharia coronilla, commonly known as the garland roundhead or garland stropharia, is a species of fungus.

The yellowish cap is up to 6 centimetres (2+14 in) wide. [1] The gills are grayish and darken with age. The stem is up to 6 cm long and 1 cm thick. [2] It resembles Agrocybe dura , [2] some other members of its genus, plus some in Agaricus [1] and Protostropharia . [2]

Native to Europe and North America, it is considered poisonous. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 377. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
  2. 1 2 3 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 687. ISBN   978-0-593-31998-7.
  3. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 255. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.