Omphalotus japonicus
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Omphalotus japonicus, commonly known as the tsukiyotake (月夜茸), is an orange to brown-colored gilled mushroom native to Japan and Eastern Asia. It is a member of the cosmopolitan genus Omphalotus, the members of which have bioluminescent fruit bodies which glow in darkness. A 2004 molecular study shows it to be most closely related to a clade composed of Omphalotus nidiformis of Australia, Omphalotus olivascens of Western North America and Omphalotus olearius of Europe.[4]
Omphalotus japonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Omphalotaceae |
Genus: | Omphalotus |
Species: | O. japonicus |
Binomial name | |
Omphalotus japonicus | |
Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
Omphalotus japonicus | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is infundibuliform | |
Hymenium is decurrent | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is yellow | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is poisonous |
Omphalotus japonicus is poisonous, its consumption results in acute nausea and vomiting for several hours. It is often confused with edible fungi and mistakenly consumed in Japan.