1,517 observationsLeast Concern
Sulcate Sunhead
Heliocybe sulcata
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Fungi ›Phylum: Basidiomycota ›Class: Agaricomycetes ›Order: Gloeophyllales ›Family: Gloeophyllaceae ›Genus: Heliocybe
About
Heliocybe is an agaric genus closely allied to Neolentinus and the bracket fungus, Gloeophyllum, all of which cause brown rot of wood. Heliocybe sulcata, the type and sole species, is characterized by thumb-sized, tough, revivable, often dried, mushroom fruitbodies, with a tanned symmetric pileus that is radially cracked into a cartoon sun-like pattern of arranged scales and ridges, distant serrated lamellae, and a scaly central stipe. Microscopically it differs from Neolentinus by the absence of clamp...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Sulcate Sunhead is Heliocybe sulcata.
- Sulcate Sunhead belongs to the kingdom Fungi.
- Sulcate Sunhead belongs to the phylum Basidiomycota.
- Sulcate Sunhead belongs to the class Agaricomycetes.
- Sulcate Sunhead belongs to the order Gloeophyllales.
- Sulcate Sunhead belongs to the family Gloeophyllaceae.
- Sulcate Sunhead belongs to the genus Heliocybe.