Omphalotus mexicanus is a gilled basidiomycete mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae. Found in Mexico, it was described as new to science in 1984.[1] Fruit bodies contain the toxic compounds illudin S and illudin M.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Omphalotus |
| Species: | O. mexicanus
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| Omphalotus mexicanus Guzmán & V.Mora (1984)
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Found in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, its fruiting bodies are an unusual dark blue tinted with yellow.[3]
References
edit- ^ Mora VM, Guzmán G (1983). "Agaricales poco conocidos en el Estado de Morelos" [Agaricales little known in the state of Morelos Mexico]. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micología (in Spanish). 18: 115–39. ISSN 0085-6223.
- ^ Kirchmair M, Poder R, Huber CG, Miller OK (2002). "Chemotaxonomical and morphological observations in the genus Omphalotus (Omphalotaceae)". Persoonia. 17 (4): 583–600.
- ^ Petersen, Ronald H.; Hughes, Karen W. (1997). "Mating systems in Omphalotus (Paxillaceae, Agaricales)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 211 (3–4): 217–29. doi:10.1007/bf00985360. ISSN 0378-2697. S2CID 29816286.