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Gymnopilus areolatus

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Species of fungus

Gymnopilus areolatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species: G. areolatus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus areolatus
Murrill (1913)
Synonyms
  • Flammula areolata (Murrill) Murrill (1913)
Species of fungus
Gymnopilus areolatusView the Mycomorphbox template that generates the following listMycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic

Gymnopilus areolatus is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first formally described by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill, from specimens collected in Cuba.

Description

The cap is 3 to 7 centimetres (1.2 to 2.8 in) in diameter.

Habitat and distribution

Gymnopilus areolatus typically grows clumped together on stumps, and logs of hardwoods and palms. It is found in Cuba in May and September.

See also

References

  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Gymnopilus areolatus Murrill, Mycologia 5(1): 24 (1913)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
Taxon identifiers
Gymnopilus areolatus


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