- Gymnopilus luteofolius
Taxobox
name = Gymnopilus luteofolius
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Gymnopilus luteofolius
regnum = Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Agaricomycetes
ordo =Agaricales
familia =Cortinariaceae
genus =Gymnopilus
species = "G. luteofolius"
binomial = "Gymnopilus luteofolius"
binomial_authority = (Peck) Singermycomorphbox
name = Gymnopilus luteofolius
whichGills = adnate
capShape = convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=ring
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=reddish-brown
howEdible=psychoactive"Gymnopilus luteofolius", also known as "Yellow-Gilled Gymnopilus" is a large and widely distributed mushroom which grows in dense clusters on dead hardwoods and conifers. It has a rusty orange spore print and a bitter taste. It contains the hallucinogen
psilocybin .In Japan this mushroom is called waraitake, which translates to "laughing mushroom". This mushroom is often mistaken for "
Gymnopilus ventricosus ", which contains no psilocybin.Description
The cap ranges from 3 to 8 cm across, is convex, and is reddish orange or reddish brown with a dry scaly surface. The cap margin is inrolled well into maturity. The flesh is yellow and the gills are crowded, yellow to orange, and to subdecurrent. The stem is dusted with rusty orange spores and has a cottony partial veil, and often narrows near the base. Most people find this mushroom to have a bitter taste.
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* [http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISC2003/gymnolut.htm Gymnopilus luteofolius]
* [http://www.mushroomjohn.com/gymnopilusluteofolius1.htm Mushroom John - Gymnopilus luteofolius]
* [http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/reprint/95/6/1204.pdf Mycologia - Scientific Gymnopilus information]
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