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Gymnopilus subpurpuratus

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Strophariaceae

Scientific name
  
Gymnopilus subpurpuratus

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Gymnopilus

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Psilocybe heimii, Gymnopilus viridans, Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata, Gymnopilus braendlei, Gymnopilus validipes

Gymnopilus subpurpuratus is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. The type was found in Jalisco, Mexico, growing on rotting pine wood in a garden. The fungus was described as new to science in 1991 by Gastón Guzmán and his daughter Laura Guzmán-Dávalos.

This species is in the aeruginosus-luteofolius infrageneric grouping in the genus Gymnopilus.

References

Gymnopilus subpurpuratus Wikipedia