Gymnopilus Cyanopalmicola Magic Mushrooms

Gymnopilus Cyanopalmicola Magic Mushrooms

Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola: Background

Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola magic mushrooms were recently discovered in 2006 by Mexican mycologist Laura Guzmán-Dávalos on the roots of a dead palm in the main city square of Puerto de Veracruz.

Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola: Habitat

Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola: Taxonomy/Naming

Genera

Gymnopilus

Species Name

cyanopalmicola

Sub Species

cyanopalmicola

Common Name

Gymnopilus cyanopalmicola: Physical Description

Pileas

Caps are yellow and convex, becoming planar and 5-10cm in diameter upon maturity. Scales are erect towards the center, and appressed towards the edge.

Gills

Range from crowded and broadly to narrowly attached to the stem. May also become distended (ventricose).

Spore Print

Orange-brown

Spores

Orange-brown, no germ pore.

Stipe

Long with relatively slender stems that are pale yellow, but may become purple to dark brown when bruised. Also has a fast fading and membranous annulus.

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