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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

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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.
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William Alphonso Murrill. 1917. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars); AGARICEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Gymnopilus bellulus

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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.[1] It is odorless, bitter in taste, and regarded as inedible.[2]

Description

The cap is 1 to 2.5 centimetres (38 to 1 in) in diameter,[3] and yellow to brown in color.[4] The gills are yellow and turn brownish with age.[4] The stipe is red-brown.[4]

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.[3] It also occurs in Europe.[4]

See also

List of Gymnopilus species

References

  1. ^ Murrill WA. (1917). "Gymnopilus". North American Flora. 10: 193–215.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b c d 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.

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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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