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.
Picking this mushroom may also reveal slight blue colored bruising along the stipe or pileus. Inexperienced mycologists may confuse this mushroom with Armillaria species or even the deadly mushroom, Galerina marginata.
- Phylum: Basidiomycota
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Order: Agaricales
- Family: Cortinariaceae
- Genus: Gymnopilus
- Species: luteus
- Authority: (Peck) Hesler
- Collection #: PLP847_2018_217
- Locale: Eaton Rapids, MI
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