Yellow Gymnopilus Gymnopilus luteus    Synonyms: Pholiota lutea.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Agaricales   >   Family Hymenogastraceae   >   Genus Gymnopilus   

Description:

Yellow Gymnopilus is poisonous and possibly hallucinogenic. It is similar to Gymnopilus junonius, G. luteofolius, and G. subspectabilis which also occur in the region.

There are 11 records in the project database.

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Yellow Gymnopilus in Howard Co., Maryland (11/1/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Yellow Gymnopilus in Howard Co., Maryland (11/1/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Yellow Gymnopilus in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/24/2021). (c) wearethechampignons, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by wearethechampignons via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Yellow Gymnopilus in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Yellow Gymnopilus in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores of Yellow Gymnopilus in Howard Co., Maryland (11/1/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Yellow Gymnopilus specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (6/20/2014). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)


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