Gymnopilus ventricosus

Gymnopilus ventricosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. ventricosus
Binomial name
Gymnopilus ventricosus
(Earle) Hesler (1969)
Synonyms

Pholiota ventricosa Earle (1902)

Gymnopilus ventricosus
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Gymnopilus ventricosus, commonly known as the 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.