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Gymnopilus aeruginosus
| Gymnopilus aeruginosus | |
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| Gymnopilus aeruginosus growing from a pile of wood mulch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Gymnopilus |
| Species: | G. aeruginosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnopilus aeruginosus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gymnopilus aeruginosus | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnexed or adnate |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Spore print is yellow-orange |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is psychoactive |
Gymnopilus aeruginosus, also known as the magic blue gym, is a mushroom-forming fungus that grows in clusters on dead wood and wood chip mulch. It is widely distributed and common in the Pacific Northwest. It has a rusty orange spore print and a bitter taste and contains the psychedelic chemical psilocybin. It was given its current name by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1951.[1]
- ^ Singer, R. (1951). The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy. Lilloa. Vol. 22. p. 560.
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