Gautieria monticola

Gautieria monticola is a species of hypogeal fungus in the family Gomphaceae. It was described as new to science in 1884 by American mycologist Harvey Willson Harkness.[1] It is nonpoisonous, but smells strongly of sour milk.[2]

Gautieria monticola
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gomphales
Family: Gomphaceae
Genus: Gautieria
Species:
G. monticola
Binomial name
Gautieria monticola
Harkn. (1884)
Gautieria monticola
Glebal hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

References

  1. Harkness HW. (1884). "New species of California fungi". Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences. 1: 29–47 (see p. 30).
  2. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.


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