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The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
Pleurotus eryngii (also known as king trumpet mushroom, French horn mushroom, eryngi, king oyster mushroom, king brown mushroom, boletus of the steppes [Note 1], trumpet royale, aliʻi oyster) is an edible mushroom native to Mediterranean regions of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, but also grown in many parts of Asia.
Scientific name Common name Active agent Distribution Similar edible species Picture Agaricus californicus: California Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus hondensis [1] Felt-ringed Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species Agaricus menieri: phenol and xanthodermin: Europe
German-born mycologist Rolf Singer moved the species into the genus Psilocybe in 1949, giving it the binomial name Psilocybe cubensis. [4] The synonyms were later also assigned to the species Psilocybe cubensis. [5] [6] The name Psilocybe is derived from the Ancient Greek roots psilos (ψιλος) and kubê (κυβη), [7] and translates as ...
Come into My Cellar, alternatively titled Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! , is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury . It was originally published in Galaxy Magazine in October 1962, [ 1 ] and was subsequently included in the short-story collection S is for Space .
The name Goomba is derived from "Goombah" [citation needed] (from Neapolitan cumpà) which refers to an Italian American man. [6] Also, in Hungarian , gomba means ' mushroom ' . [ citation needed ] In Japan , Goombas are called Kuribō , which loosely translates as ' chestnut person ' .
Now all mushrooms previously categorised under Copelandia are universally classified in Panaeolus. [1] The genus Copelandia was created as a subgenus of Panaeolus by Abbé Giacomo Bresadola (1847–1929) in honor of Edwin Bingham Copeland (1873–1964), an American who gathered fungi in the Philippines and sent some collections to Bresadola.
Additionally, insects are also known to target these mushrooms as food and a place to lay their eggs, limiting the amount of the mushrooms that can be harvested by human gatherers. Matsutake are hard to find because of their specific growth requirements, the rarity of appropriate forest and terrain, and competition from wild animals such as ...