''Gymnopilus bellulus'' is a species of
mushroom in the family
Hymenogastraceae. It was given its current name by American mycologist
Murrill
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* Herbert Murrill (1909–1952), English musician, composer, and organist
* William Murrill
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in 1917.
It is odorless, bitter in taste, and regarded as inedible.
Description
The
cap is in diameter,
and yellow to brown in color.
The gills are yellow and turn brownish with age.
The stipe is red-brown.
Habitat and distribution
''Gymnopilus bellulus'' has been found on
conifer
Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...
stumps and logs in the Northern United States,
Tennessee, and
Canada from June to January.
It also occurs in Europe.
See also
List of ''Gymnopilus'' species
References
External links
Index Fungorum
bellulus
Inedible fungi
Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck
Fungus species
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