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Gymnopilus braendlei

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Cortinariaceae

Scientific name
  
Gymnopilus braendlei

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Gymnopilus

Rank
  
species

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Similar
  
Gymnopilus viridans, Gymnopilus validipes, Gymnopilus luteoviridis, Psilocybe graveolens, Psilocybe mescaleroensis

Gymnopilus braendlei fungi kingdom


Gymnopilus braendlei is a species of agaric fungus that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. It was originally collected by mycologist Charles Horton Peck as Flammula braendlei in the District of Columbia near Washington (1902).

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Description

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  • Pileus: 2.5 – 5 cm, hemispheric becoming convex, sometimes slightly umbilicate, hygrophanous, purplish when young then pinkish and lighter towards the margin, becoming yellowish in age with greenish stains, fibrillose, sometimes squamulose toward the center, flesh whitish, thin, staining greenish.
  • Gills: Adnate, sometimes slightly sinuate in attachment, broad, close, whitish when young, becoming bright orangish brown to mustard yellow, becoming bright orangish brown in age.
  • Spore Print: Orangish brown.
  • Stipe: 2.5 – 4 cm x 3 – 4 cm thick, more or less equal, pallid, sometimes yellowish at the base, fibrillose above, stuffed or hollow, veil fibrillose, sometimes leaving a silky zone but not forming an annulus.
  • Taste: Bitter
  • Microscopic features: Spores 6 x 8.5 x 4.5 — 5 µm ellipsoid to ovoid in face view, dextrinoid, verruculose, no germ pore. Pleurocystidia 22— 33 x 6— 7 µm, cheilocystidia 20 — 34 x 3 — 7 µm, caulocystidia none, clamp connections present.
  • Bruising: Green or blue bruising at the base or on the Pileus (cap), and green spots on pileus likely.

    • Distribution and habitat

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    Gymnopilus braendlei is found growing solitary or cespitose on tree stumps, June - November. It is widespread in the eastern U.S, and present in the western U.S.

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    References

    Gymnopilus braendlei Wikipedia
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