Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum
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| Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Callistosporiaceae |
| Genus: | Callistosporium |
| Species: | C. luteo-olivaceum |
| Binomial name | |
| Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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| Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex | |
| Hymenium is adnate or adnexed | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is unknown | |
Callistosporium luteo-olivaceum is a species of agaric fungus in the family Callistosporiaceae. It was originally described in 1859 as Agaricus luteo-olivaceus by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1859. Rolf Singer transferred it to Callistosporium in 1946. The fungus has an extensive synonymy.[1]
The brownish mushroom has caps up to 4.5 centimetres (1+3⁄4 in) wide. The gills are yellowish and close. The stem is 7 cm (2+3⁄4 in) long,[2] fibrillose and hollow, with yellowish tomentum near the base.[3] The spores are colorless, producing a whitish print[2] or a yellow color in ammonia.[3] The species can resemble Tricholomopsis aurea, T. sulfureoides, and Gymnopilus picreus.[2]
Although rare, C. luteo-olivaceum is widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas of Europe and North America.[4] In 2014, it was reported growing in pine forests in Western Himalaya, Pakistan.[5] The species is inedible.[6]