Gymnopilus armillatus is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae.
Gymnopilus armillatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Gymnopilus |
Species: | G. armillatus
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Binomial name | |
Gymnopilus armillatus Murrill (1940)
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Gymnopilus armillatus | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate | |
Ecology is saprotrophic |
Description
editThe cap is 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) in diameter.[1]
Habitat and distribution
editGymnopilus armillatus has been found growing on the root of a living sweetgum tree, in Florida in December.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.