Gymnopilus subspectabilis

Gymnopilus subspectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. subspectabilis
Binomial name
Gymnopilus subspectabilis
Hesler (1969)
Gymnopilus subspectabilis
Mycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is psychoactive

Gymnopilus subspectabilis, commonly known as the big laughing mushroom, laughing gym, or giant gymnopilus, is a species of agaric fungi in the family Hymenogastraceae, which also includes the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin.

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