Omphalotus mexicanus

Omphalotus mexicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Marasmiaceae
Genus:	Omphalotus
Species:	O. mexicanus
Binomial name
	Omphalotus mexicanus; Guzmán & V.Mora (1984)

Omphalotus mexicanus is a gilled basidiomycete mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae. Found in Mexico, it was described as new to science in 1984.^[1] Fruit bodies contain the compounds illudin S and illudin M.^[2]

Found in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, its fruiting bodies are an unusual dark blue tinted with yellow.^[3]

References[]

^ Mora VM, Guzmán G (1983). "Agaricales poco conocidos en el Estado de Morelos" [Agaricales little known in the state of Morelos Mexico]. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micología (in Spanish). 18: 115–39. ISSN 0085-6223.
^ Kirchmair M, Poder R, Huber CG, Miller OK (2002). "Chemotaxonomical and morphological observations in the genus Omphalotus (Omphalotaceae)". Persoonia. 17 (4): 583–600.
^ Petersen, Ronald H.; Hughes, Karen W. (1997). "Mating systems in Omphalotus (Paxillaceae, Agaricales)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 211 (3–4): 217–29. doi:10.1007/bf00985360. ISSN 0378-2697. S2CID 29816286.

External links[]

Omphalotus mexicanus in Index Fungorum

[Guzman1984-1] Mora VM, Guzmán G (1983). "Agaricales poco conocidos en el Estado de Morelos" [Agaricales little known in the state of Morelos Mexico]. Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micología (in Spanish). 18: 115–39. ISSN 0085-6223.

[Kirchmair2002-2] Kirchmair M, Poder R, Huber CG, Miller OK (2002). "Chemotaxonomical and morphological observations in the genus Omphalotus (Omphalotaceae)". Persoonia. 17 (4): 583–600.

[peterson97a-3] Petersen, Ronald H.; Hughes, Karen W. (1997). "Mating systems in Omphalotus (Paxillaceae, Agaricales)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 211 (3–4): 217–29. doi:10.1007/bf00985360. ISSN 0378-2697. S2CID 29816286.

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