Gymnopilus thiersii

Gymnopilus thiersii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species: G. thiersii
Binomial name
Gymnopilus thiersii
M.T. Seidl
Gymnopilus thiersii
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex

hymenium is adnexed

or adnate
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Gymnopilus thiersii is a species of mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family. It is nearly identical to Gymnopilus luteofolius, but this species differs in having different context colors and dextrinoid spores. The type location for Gymnopilus thiersii is Wunderlich Park in San Mateo County, California. This species contains the hallucinogenic drugs psilocybin and psilocin, and stains blue-green where damaged.

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