Gymnopilus validipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Gymnopilus |
Species: | G. validipes
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Binomial name | |
Gymnopilus validipes | |
Synonyms | |
Cortinarius validipes Gymnopolis magna |
Gymnopilus validipes | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate | |
Stipe has a ring | |
Spore print is yellow-orange | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is psychoactive |
Gymnopilus validipes is a mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is widely distributed in North America and Europe.
Gymnopilus validipes contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin, the latter at a concentration of around 0.12%. [1]
Gymnopilus validipes is found growing gregarious (in groups) to cespitose (in dense clumps) on tree stumps, hardwood logs and debris, widespread in the United States, common from the Great Lakes and eastward.
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