Omphalotus mexicanus

Omphalotus mexicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Marasmiaceae
Genus: Omphalotus
Species: O. mexicanus
Binomial name
Omphalotus mexicanus
Guzmán & V.Mora (1984)

Omphalotus mexicanus is a gilled basidiomycete mushroom in the Marasmiaceae family. Found in Mexico, it was described as new to science in 1984.[1] Fruit bodies contain the compounds illudin S and illudin M.[2]

Found in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, its fruiting bodies are an unusual dark blue tinted with yellow.[3]

References

  1. Mora VM, Guzmán G. (1983). "Agaricales poco conocidos en el Estado de Morelos" [Agaricales little known in the state of Morelos Mexico]. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micología (in Spanish) 18: 115–39. ISSN 0085-6223.
  2. Kirchmair M, Poder R, Huber CG, Miller OK. (2002). "Chemotaxonomical and morphological observations in the genus Omphalotus (Omphalotaceae)". Persoonia 17 (4): 583–600.
  3. Petersen, Ronald H.; Hughes, Karen W. (1997). "Mating systems in Omphalotus (Paxillaceae, Agaricales)". Plant Systematics and Evolution 211 (3-4): 217–29. doi:10.1007/bf00985360. ISSN 0378-2697.

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