Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Gymnopilus |
Species: | G. cyanopalmicola
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Binomial name | |
Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola Guzm.-Dáv. (2006)
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Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is psychoactive |
Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. Found in tropical Mexico, it was described as new to science by Mexican mycologist Laura Guzmán Dávalos in 2006.[1] The flesh of this mushroom turns blue when bruised, hence the specific epithet.[1]