Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Omphalotus japonicus
| Omphalotus japonicus | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Omphalotus |
| Species: | O. japonicus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Omphalotus japonicus | |
| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
Omphalotus japonicus | |
|---|---|
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is infundibuliform |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is yellow |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is poisonous |
Omphalotus japonicus, commonly known as the tsukiyotake (月夜茸), is an orange to brown-colored gilled mushroom native to Japan and Eastern Asia. It is a member of the cosmopolitan genus Omphalotus, the members of which have bioluminescent fruit bodies which glow in darkness. A 2004 molecular study shows it to be most closely related to a clade composed of Omphalotus nidiformis of Australia, Omphalotus olivascens of Western North America and Omphalotus olearius of Europe.[4]
Omphalotus japonicus is poisonous, its consumption results in acute nausea and vomiting for several hours. It is often confused with edible fungi and mistakenly consumed in Japan.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
urlMycoBank: Omphalotus japonicuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Neda 2004was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Redhead 2006was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Kirchmair 2004was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Previous Page Next Page
