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Lyophyllum decastes
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Lyophyllum decastes

Lyophyllum decastes is a species of fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid (gilled mushrooms) and are formed in large clusters on the ground. In the UK, Lyophyllum decastes has the recommended English name of clustered domecap; in North America it is known as the fried chicken mushroom. The species is cultivated for food in China and Japan.

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first

Fried Chicken Mushroom

speciesLyophyllum decastes

gristly domecap

speciesLyophyllum loricatum

Lyophyllum sp. 'decastes-PNW08'

speciesLyophyllum sp. 'decastes-PNW08'

Lyophyllum sp. 'decastes-CN01'

speciesLyophyllum sp. 'decastes-CN01'

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1366754.