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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Basidiomycota
Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina
Classis: Agaricomycetes
Subclassis: Agaricomycetidae
Ordo: Agaricales
Subordo: Agaricineae

Familia: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species: G. picreus

Gymnopilus picreus is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.
Description

The cap is 1 to 2 centimetres (0.4 to 0.8 in) in diameter.[1]
Habitat and distribution

Gymnopilus picreus grows on conifer wood and sometimes on hardwood. It has been found in the northern United States, Canada, and Europe; fruiting in summer and autumn.[1]
See also

List of Gymnopilus species

References

Hesler LR. (1969). North American Species of Gymnopilus (Mycologia Memoir Series: No 3). Knoxville, Tennessee: Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-945345-39-9.

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