Associations
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Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Gymnopilus bellulus is saprobic on dead, decayed wood of Taxus baccata
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Gymnopilus bellulus is saprobic on dead, decayed wood of Picea
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Gymnopilus bellulus is saprobic on dead, decayed wood of Pinopsida
Comprehensive Description
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Gymnopilus bellulus (Peck) Murrill
Agaricus bellulus Peck, Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 1: 51. 1873.
Naucoria bellula Sacc. Syll. Fung. 5: 841. 1887.
? Gymnopilus Hillii Murrill, Mycologia 4: 253. 1912.
Pileus thin, convex, sometimes cespitose, 1.2-2.5 cm. broad; surface moist, smooth, brightwatery-cinnamon; lamellae crowded, narrow, emarginate, yellow, becoming darker with age; spores 5 X 3 m; stipe equal, hollow, generally curved, smooth, reddish-brown, 2.5 cm. long.
Type locality: L/Owville, New York. Habitat: On decaying hemlock trunks in woods. Distribution: Canada and New York.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Gymnopilus bellulus: Brief Summary
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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.
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