Hebeloma vinosophyllum

Hebeloma vinosophyllum is a toxic species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. The species was described by Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo in 1965. It was recorded from Vietnamese Pinus kesiya forests in 2014, its first record in Southeast Asia.[1]

Hebeloma vinosophyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Hebeloma
Species:
H. vinosophyllum
Binomial name
Hebeloma vinosophyllum
Hongo (1965)

An ammonia fungus, it tends to grow on the corpses of animals. It contains eleven poisonous compounds collectively known as hebevinosides.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Ho B-TQ; Pham N-DH; Shimizu K; Fukiharu T; Truong BN; Suzuki A. (2014). "The first record of Hebeloma vinosophyllum (Strophariaceae) in Southeast Asia". Mycotaxon. 128: 25–36. doi:10.5248/128.25.
  2. ^ Fujimoto H, Suzuki K, Hagiwara H, Yamazaki M (1986). "New toxic metabolites from a mushroom, Hebeloma vinosophyllum. I. Structures of hebevinosides I, II, III, IV, and V". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 34 (1): 88–99. doi:10.1248/cpb.34.88. PMID 3698144.
  3. ^ Fujimoto H, Hagiwara H, Suzuki K, Yamazaki M (1987). "New toxic metabolites from a mushroom, Hebeloma vinosophyllum. II. Isolation and structures of hebevinosides VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 35 (6): 2254–60. doi:10.1248/cpb.35.2254. PMID 3664826.