Gymnopilus dilepis

Gymnopilus dilepis is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. This species is found in India,^[2] Malaysia,^[3] and North America. It was given its current name by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1951.^[4] It contains psilocybin and related hallucinogenic substances.^[5]

Gymnopilus dilepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Gymnopilus
Species:	G. dilepis
Binomial name
Gymnopilus dilepis (Berk. & Broome) Singer (1951)
Synonyms[1]
Agaricus dilepis Berk. & Broome (1871) Flammula dilepis (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. (1887) Naucoria dilepis (Berk. & Broome) Cout. (1925)

Gymnopilus dilepis Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex or depressed
	Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
	Stipe is bare or has a ring
	Spore print is ochre
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is psychoactive

Phylogeny

Gymnopilus dilepis is in the lepidotus-subearlei infrageneric grouping within the genus Gymnopilus.^[6]

See also

List of Gymnopilus species