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Ghoul fungus

Hebeloma aminophilum

Foraging: Never eat a wild mushroom on a photo or an app’s word. Many deadly species look like edible ones.

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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.

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Name
Hebeloma aminophilum
Slug
hebeloma-aminophilum
Kingdom
Fungi
Family
Hymenogastraceae
Genus
Hebeloma
Species
aminophilum
Wikidata QID
Q5695538
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
28

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