Gymnopilus underwoodii

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Gymnopilus underwoodii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. underwoodii
Binomial name
Gymnopilus underwoodii
(Peck) Murrill (1917)
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Gymnopilus underwoodii is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. Originally described in 1896 by Charles Peck as Flammula underwoodii, the fungus was given its current name by William Murrill in 1917.[2] The specific epithet honors American mycologist Lucien Underwood.

The cap is 6 to 10 cm (2.4 to 3.9 in) in diameter.[3]

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