Leotia viscosa | |
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Leotia viscosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Helotiales |
Family: | Leotiaceae |
Genus: | Leotia |
Species: | L. viscosa |
Binomial name | |
Leotia viscosa Fr. (1822) |
Leotia viscosa | |
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Mycological characteristics | |
smooth hymenium | |
cap is convex | |
hymenium attachment is not applicable | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is white | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: unknown |
Leotia viscosa (common name, chicken lips) is a species of mushroom in the Leotiaceae family. Its stem color can be yellow, orange to white, and the cap is green. The cap comes in a variety of shapes. The edibility of this mushroom is unknown. It grows under conifer trees, or on dead logs.