| Records of Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) : | ||||
| 1: Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) | ||||
| 18 Oct 2007 | OSGR: SU56 | 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W | Vice County: Berks (VC 22) | England |
| on warm, rotting, piles of chipped birch wood | ||||
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| Records of Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) : | ||||
| 1: Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) | ||||
| 18 Oct 2007 | OSGR: SU56 | 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W | Vice County: Berks (VC 22) | England |
| on warm, rotting, piles of chipped birch wood | ||||
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| Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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| Henrici, A. | 2002 | Notes and Records (Jan 2002) | Field Mycology Vol 3 (1): 28-30 rear cover. | |
| Watling, R. | 1998 | Profiles of Fungi No. 94: Gymnopilus dilepis | Mycologist Vol 12 (2): 61. |
Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill)
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 BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnopilus dilepis (Magenta Rustgill)
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A beautiful toadstool which is bright purple when young, (resembling Tricholompsis rutilans but with a ring), rapidly fading to orange-brown. Originally from South East Asia where it grows on old coconut stumps, it was possibly introduced with coir imported for horticultural use as a peat replacement.
It is one of a number of recent introductions and colonists which grow on wood chips. It is becoming more common and widespread in this habitat, but requires warmth so is restricted to large piles of chips which are heating up through fermention, or indoors in pots with house plants.
This is one of a complex of very similar species in South East Asia and Australasia and there’s always the possibility of one of its close relatives also being present in this country.
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