Omphalotus mexicanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Omphalotaceae
- Genus
- Omphalotus
- Species
- Omphalotus mexicanus
- Scientific Name
- Omphalotus mexicanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Omphalotus mexicanus
Omphalotus mexicanus is a gilled basidiomycete mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae. Found in Mexico, it was described as new to science in 1984. Fruit bodies contain the toxic compounds illudin S and illudin M.
Found in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, its fruiting bodies are an unusual dark blue tinted with yellow.
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