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Copper Trumpet 

Fly Agaric Mushroom
Copper Trumpet glowing at night
Scientific Clasification
Kingdom:Fungi
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order:Agaricales
Family:Marasmiaceae
Genus:Omphalotus
Species: O. olearius

Description

The Copper Trumpet, also commonly known as the Jack-o'-lantern mushroom is orange to yellow in colour and is poisonous. It has a very appealing look and smell. The gills are bioluminescent and therefore glow in the dark. This glow is due to a compound called luciferin.


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Gills on Hymenium
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Hymenium decurrent
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Cap is infundibuliform
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Spore print is yellow
mushroom diagram
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Stipe has a ring and volva
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Ecology: saprotrophic
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Edibility: Poisonous

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