Gymnopilus echinulisporus

Gymnopilus echinulisporus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first formally described by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1912.[1]

Gymnopilus echinulisporus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. echinulisporus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus echinulisporus
Murrill (1912)
Gymnopilus echinulisporus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Description

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The convex to flattened cap is up to 7 cm (2.8 in) in diameter.[2]

 
Spores of G. echinulisporus at 1000x magnification

Habitat and distribution

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Gymnopilus echinulisporus has been found growing on wood in Oregon in November.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Murrill WA. (1912). "The Agaricaceae of the Pacific Coast – II. White and ochre-spored genera". Mycologia. 4 (5): 231–62. doi:10.2307/3753448. JSTOR 3753448.
  2. ^ a b Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
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