''Gymnopilus communis'' is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. Found in Veracruz, Mexico, it was described as new to science in 1994.

Taxonomy

The

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collection of ''Gymnopilus communis'' was discovered fruiting on wood in a pine- oak forest in Veracruz, Mexico in July 1992. Mycologist Laura Guzmán Dávalos described it and five other novel Mexican '' Gymnopilus'' species in the journal '' Mycotaxon'' in 1994. The

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''communis'' refers to its common habit.

Description

The bell-shaped to convex cap is about in diameter, and has a broad umbo. It is brownish orange with a smooth to finely fibrillose surface texture. The narrow gills are closely spaced, and orange-yellow with a yellowish edge. The stipe, roughly the same color as the cap or lighter, measures long by wide. The spores are

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, with surfaces covered in small warts, and measure 6–8.4 by 4–4.8

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. The basidia (spore-bearing cells) are club-shaped and measure 24.8 by 7.2 μm. They are four-spored, with sterigmata up to 3.2 μm long. Similar species include ''

Gymnopilus longipes ''Gymnopilus longipes'' is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. See also * List of ''Gymnopilus'' species External links *Gymnopilus longipes' at Index Fungorum longipes Fungi of North America Fungus species { ...

'', '' G. liquiritiae'', and '' G. subsapineus''.

Habitat and distribution

''Gymnopilus communis'' is known only from the

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in Veracruz.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5624759 Fungi described in 1994 Fungi of Mexico tuxtlensis Fungi without expected TNC conservation status Fungus species