Gymnopilus chrysimyces

Gymnopilus chrysimyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species: G. chrysimyces
Binomial name
Gymnopilus chrysimyces
(Berk.) Manjula
Gymnopilus chrysimyces
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex

hymenium is adnexed

or adnate
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: can cause allergic reactions

Gymnopilus chrysimyces is a species of mushroom in the Cortinariaceae family.

Medicinal

In a study the mushroom species, this species was shown to have hemagglutinins. The species showed activity towards rat erythrocytes while Lentinus squarrosulus showed activity towards guinea pig and mouse erythrocytes. The agglutination of both species showed that both extracts have more than one hemagglutinin.[1]

See also

List of Gymnopilus species

References

  1. Banjoree, PC; Ghosh, A.K.; Sengupta, S. (October 1982). "Hemagglutinating activity in extracts of mycelia from submerged mushroom cultures" (PDF). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 44 (4): 1009–1011. Retrieved 2013-09-11.


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