Gymnopilus thiersii
Appearance
Gymnopilus thiersii | |
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in Fair Oaks, California, United States | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Gymnopilus |
Species: | G. thiersii
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Binomial name | |
Gymnopilus thiersii M.T. Seidl
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Gymnopilus thiersii | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() ![]() | Hymenium is adnexed or adnate |
![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic |
![]() | Edibility is psychoactive |
Gymnopilus thiersii is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.
Description[edit]
This species is nearly identical to Gymnopilus luteofolius, but differs in having different context colors and dextrinoid spores. It contains the hallucinogenic drugs psilocybin and psilocin, and stains blue-green where damaged. The type location for G. thiersii is Wunderlich Park in San Mateo County, California.
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