Gymnopilus viridans

Gymnopilus viridans Murrill

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Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

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Edibility

Psychoactive Source: Wikipedia: Gymnopilus viridans

Classification from Wikipedia: Gymnopilus viridans. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

Season data is not available for this species yet.

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

Washington 2 records · Foraging rules

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Identification traits

Cap shape	convex
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	gills
Ecology	saprotrophic
Spore print color	yellow-orange

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Gymnopilus viridans is a mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. It is a rarely documented species, the last known collection being from the US state of Washington in 1912.

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