Fungi > Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Hymenogastraceae > Gymnopilus > Gymnopilus junoniusGymnopilus junonius (Spectacular Rustgill)Synonyms: Agaricus aureus (heterotypic); Agaricus junonius; Agaricus spectabilis (pro parte); Dryophila junonia; Fungus aureus; Gymnopilus spectabilis junonius; Gymnopilus spectabilis var. junonius; Lepiota aurea (heterotypic); Pholiota grandis; Pholiota junonia; Pholiota spectabilis junonia; Pholiota spectabilis var. junonia; Tricholoma aureum Gymnopilus junonius is a species of mushroom in the family Cortinariaceae. Commonly known as Laughing Gym, Laughing Cap, Laughing Jim, or the Spectacular Rustgill, this large orange mushroom is typically found growing on tree stumps, logs, or tree bases. Some subspecies of this mushroom contain the neurotoxic oligoisoprenoid gymnopilin. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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