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Gymnopilus luteoviridis

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
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex

hymenium is adnexed

or adnate
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.

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