Gymnopilus liquiritiae

Gymnopilus liquiritiae is a mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. The mushroom is widely distributed and grows in dense clusters on dead conifer wood. It has a rusty orange spore print, a bitter taste, and does not contain the hallucinogen psilocybin.^[1] One of its key distinguishing features is the lack of partial veil.

Gymnopilus liquiritiae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Gymnopilus
Species:	G. liquiritiae
Binomial name
Gymnopilus liquiritiae ((Persoon: Fries) Karsten)

Gymnopilus liquiritiae Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is yellow-orange
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is inedible

Description

• Cap: 2–8 cm in diameter; initially convex, becoming nearly plane to nearly umbonate in age, dry, smooth, rusty brown to orange color, margin even, at length striatulate (with marked by small lines, grooves or ridges), cracking slightly in age, flesh pale yellow to pale orange.
• Gills: Close to crowded; broad, edges fimbriate, yellowish or pale orange, eventually orange; sometimes with reddish brown spots.
• Spore print: Rusty orange.
• Stipe: 3–7 cm long; 3—8 mm thick; more or less equal, or tapering in either direction; sometimes slightly, even to off-center; smooth or finely fibrous; whitish to pale orange; yellowish or rusty colored mycelium at the base of the stalk. No partial veil.
• Taste: Bitter
• Odor: Mild or sometimes like raw potatoes
• Microscopic features: Spores 7—8.5 x 4—5.5 μm, elliptical; pleurocystidia (inconspicuous), cheilocystidia, pileocystidia and caulocystidia present.^[2]

Habitat and formation

Gymnopilus liquiritiae is a widely distributed wood rotting mushroom, subcaespitose on conifer, seems to prefer dead hardwood in the southern regions.

See also

• Fungi portal

• List of Gymnopilus species

References

1. Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0-9610798-0-0.
2. "A Trial Key to GYMNOPILUS in the Pacific Northwest". Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-11-20.

External links

• Index Fungorum Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine Synonyms
• Mushroom Expert - Gymnopilus liquiritiae
• Gymnopilus liquiritiae information
• Pacific Northwest Fungi Database