| Gymnopilus ventricosus | |
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| Species: | G. ventricosus |
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| Gymnopilus ventricosus (Earle) Hesler (1969) | |
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| Pholiota ventricosa Earle (1902) | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is convex |
  | hymenium is adnexed or adnate |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: inedible |
Gymnopilus ventricosus is a species of mushroom in the family Cortinariaceae. It was described from the Stanford University campus by Franklin Sumner Earle as Pholiota ventricosa in 1902.
Description
The cap is 7 to 8 cm (2.8 to 3.1 in) in diameter.[2] Contains no psilocybin. The species is inedible.[3]
References
- ^ "Gymnopilus ventricosus (Earle) Hesler 1969". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.