Gymnopilus luteoviridis | |
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Gymnopilus luteoviridis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Cortinariaceae |
Genus: | Gymnopilus |
Species: | G. luteoviridis |
Binomial name | |
Gymnopilus luteoviridis (Thiers) (1959) |
Gymnopilus luteoviridis | |
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Mycological characteristics | |
gills on hymenium | |
cap is convex | |
hymenium is adnexed or adnate |
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stipe has a ring | |
spore print is yellow-orange | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: psychoactive |
hymenium is adnexed
Gymnopilus luteoviridis is a widely distributed mushroom of the Eastern United States that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin.
Gymnopilus luteoviridis is found growing gregarious to cespitose on oak stumps and hardwoods from August to November. It is widely distributed in eastern North America.