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Gymnopilus luteus [ Basidiomycetes > Agaricales > by Michael Kuo Gymnopilus luteus is a member of the Gymnopilus junonius (also known as "Gymnopilus spectabilis") species group. Like the other species in the group it grows on wood and has a medium sized or large cap, a partial veil that usually leaves a ring or ring zone on the stem, an orange to orange-brown spore print, and a bitter taste. Unlike the others, however, it is apparently limited to the hardwood forests of eastern North America, and features yellow colors as well as a slender stem. Description: Ecology: Saprobic on the dead wood hardwoods (and perhaps on the wood of conifers); growing alone, gregariously, or in small clusters; summer and fall; widely distributed in eastern North America. Cap: 2-10 cm; convex or nearly flat; dry; silky or finely hairy (occasionally with minute scales over the center); yellow to orange-yellow. Gills: Broadly attached to the stem; close; yellow, becoming rusty with maturity. Stem: 2-8 cm long; up to 1.5 cm thick; more or less equal, or club-shaped when young; not typically swollen in the middle at maturity; colored like the cap but developing rusty stains when handled or with age; finely hairy; usually with a fragile ring or ring zone near the apex. Flesh: Pale yellow. Odor and Taste: Taste usually bitter; odor not distinctive. Spore Print: Rusty brown to orange-brown. Chemical Reactions: KOH red on cap surface. Microscopic Features: Spores 6-9 x 4.5-5.5 µ; warty; elliptical; dextrinoid. Pleurocystidia infrequent and inconspicuous. Cheilocystidia usually abundant; fusoid-ventricose, rostrate, capitate, or lecythiform. Caulocystidia absent. REFERENCES: (Peck, 1898) Hesler, 1969. (Hesler, 1969; Phillips, 1991/2005; McNeil, 2006.) Herb. Kuo 09220609, 10101002. This website contains no information about the edibility or toxicity of mushrooms. |
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