Hebeloma aminophilum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Hebeloma |
Species: | H. aminophilum
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Binomial name | |
Hebeloma aminophilum R.N.Hilton & O.K. Mill. (1987)
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Hebeloma aminophilum | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() ![]() | Cap is convex or depressed |
![]() ![]() | Hymenium is adnate or adnexed |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() ![]() | Spore print is pink to brown |
![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic |
Hebeloma aminophilum, commonly known as the ghoul fungus, is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Found in Western Australia, it gets its common name from the propensity of the fruiting bodies to spring out of decomposing animal remains.