Global InformationGalerina sulciceps information
| Galerina sulciceps | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Galerina |
| Species: | G. sulciceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Galerina sulciceps (Berk.) Boedijn (1951)
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| Natural distribution of Galerina sulciceps | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Marasmius sulciceps Berk. (1847) | |
Galerina sulciceps Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or flat |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe has a ring or is bare |
 | Spore print is yellow-orange to brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is deadly |
Galerina sulciceps is a dangerously toxic species of fungus in the family Strophariaceae, of the order Agaricales. It is distributed in tropical Indonesia and India, but has reportedly been found fruiting in European greenhouses on occasion. More toxic than the deathcap (Amanita phalloides), G. sulciceps has been shown to contain the toxins alpha- (α-), beta- (β-) and gamma- (γ-) amanitin; a series of poisonings in Indonesia in the 1930s resulted in 14 deaths from the consumption of this species. It has a typical "little brown mushroom" appearance, with few obvious external characteristics to help distinguish it from many other similar nondescript brown species. The fruit bodies of the fungus are tawny to ochre, deepening to reddish-brown at the base of the stem. The gills are well-separated, and there is no ring present on the stem.
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