Gymnopilus subearlei explained

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

Description

The cap is bright yellow to pale off-white yellow with amber fibrous scales, and ranges from 0.25 — 1.25in. in diameter.The stem is 0.25 — 2in. long and 0.06 — 0.25in. wide. It is white, fibrous, and stains yellow to brown where handled. The flesh of this mushroom stains blue and it contains the hallucinogen psilocybin.^[1] It has a yellowish-orange spore print.

See also

• List of Gymnopilus species

Phylogeny

This species is in the lepidotus-subearlei infrageneric grouping of the genus Gymnopilus.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Guzmán-Dávalos L. . International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms . 2006 . 8 . 3 . 289–293 . 1521-9437 . 10.1615/intjmedmushr.v8.i3.110 . A New Bluing, Probably Hallucinogenic Species of Gymnopilus P. Karst. (Agaricomycetideae) from Mexico.
2. Guzman-Davalos L, Mueller G, Cifuentes J, Miller AN, Santerre A . Traditional infrageneric classification of Gymnopilus is not supported by ribosomal DNA sequence data . Mycologia . 2003 . 1204–14.