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Map of countries with Red Lists for fungi. As of December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 280 fungus species.
Gondwanagaricites (meaning "Gondwanan mushroom fossil") is an extinct monotypic genus of gilled fungus in the order Agaricales from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. [1] It contains the single species G. magnificus , and it is the oldest known mushroom fossil known to date.
The drill diet may also consist of wood and mushrooms, the latter of which is rare in a primate. [10] Bioko drills are also known to consume animals, including most commonly; beetles, land crabs and other crustaceans, millipedes and hymenopterans, a class that includes ants, flies, wasps, [ 10 ] and the African giant snail . [ 6 ]
The mushroom is commonly known as the devil's cigar or the Texas star in the United States, while in Japan it is called kirinomitake (キリノミタケ). This extremely rare mushroom is notable for its unusual appearance and disjunct distribution; it is found only in select locales in Texas and Japan.
Each subterranean sclerotium produces several mushrooms above ground. Laetiporus sulphureus, Polyporaceae Widespread in Northern Hemisphere. Approximately half of a specimen found by Ty Whitmore near Maysville, Missouri in October 2005 was 76 cm (30 in) wide by 41 cm (16 in) top to bottom. [47] [48] [49] 41 cm (16 in) top to bottom.
Psilocybe tampanensis is a very rare psychedelic mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Originally collected in the wild in a sandy meadow near Tampa, Florida, in 1977, the fungus would not be found in Florida again until 44 years later. [2] The original Florida specimen was cloned, and descendants remain in wide circulation.
L. deliciosus is an edible mushroom, [19] but may taste mild or bitter; [13] its misleading epithet, deliciosus ('delicious'), may have been caused by Linnaeus mistaking it for another species. [5] The mushrooms are collected in August to early October, where they are traditionally salted or pickled.
The Japanese name メシマコブ is composed of メシマ, an island of Gotō, Nagasaki, where this mushroom used to grow, and コブ, which means bump, referring to the mushroom's appearance. Per Wu et al. (2012) citing Ito (1955) and Imazeki and Hongo (1989), this is a mushroom that is always said to be on mulberry trees.