''Gymnopilus nevadensis'' is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. The fungus was described as new to science in 1991 by

Gastón Guzmán Gastón Guzmán Huerta (August 26, 1932 – January 12, 2016), a Mexican mycologist and anthropologist, was an authority on the genus ''Psilocybe''. Career He was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, in 1932. His interest in mycology began in 1955 when as ...

and his daughter

Laura Guzmán Dávalos Laura Guzmán Dávalos (born 1961) is a Mexican mycologist, biologist and lichenologist. She has been the head of the Botany and Zoology Department at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) from 1994–1998. From 2007 to 2014, she served as the gene ...

. The

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collection was found in

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

, Mexico, where it was fruiting in a cluster on a dead branch in a pine and oak woodland. This species is in the nevadensis-penetrans infrageneric grouping of the genus ''Gymnopilus''.

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Fungi described in 1991 Fungi of Mexico nevadensis Fungi without expected TNC conservation status Fungus species {{hymenogastraceae-stub

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