Gymnopilus ventricosus
| Gymnopilus ventricosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Gymnopilus |
| Species: | G. ventricosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnopilus ventricosus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pholiota ventricosa Earle (1902) | |
| Gymnopilus ventricosus | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex | |
| Hymenium is adnexed or adnate | |
| Stipe has a ring | |
| Spore print is ochre | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is inedible | |
Gymnopilus ventricosus, commonly known as the jumbo gym or western jumbo gym, is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first described from the Stanford University campus by Franklin Sumner Earle as Pholiota ventricosa in 1902.