| Gymnopilus bellulus | |
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| Gymnopilus bellulus in Mount Mitchell, Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, US | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Gymnopilus |
| Species: | G. bellulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnopilus bellulus (Peck) Murrill | |
Gymnopilus bellulus Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnexed or adnate |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
Gymnopilus bellulus is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was given its current name by American mycologist Murrill in 1917. It is odorless, bitter in taste, and regarded as inedible.
Description
The cap is 1 to 2.5 centimetres (3⁄8 to 1 in) in diameter, and yellow to brown in color. The gills are yellow and turn brownish with age. The stipe is red-brown.
Habitat and distribution
Gymnopilus bellulus has been found on conifer stumps and logs in the Northern United States, Tennessee, and Canada from June to January. It also occurs in Europe.
See also
References
- Murrill WA. (1917). "Gymnopilus". North American Flora. 10: 193–215.
- Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 37–38. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.
- ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Gymnopilus bellulus | |
| Agaricus bellulus | |
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