Gymnopilus spectabilis
f. cul. medicinalis
f. cul.
Gymnopilus spectabilis f. cul. medicinalis
medicinalis: Recorded only as a medicine. There is a record of people taking this mushroom as medicine -- a condition treated, or an action on the body -- and no record of it eaten as food, and no molecule of concern is on its record. Laboratory findings (antitumor, antioxidant, antimicrobial) are not records of use. The word names how people used the mushroom, not that it is safe: research the preparation and dose before taking it. A species that is also eaten is innocuus, and its medicinal use is in its note. Latin, medicinalis: of medicine.
On Medicinal Use, The Complete Table.
GBIF: photographs, names and where it has been found.
Sources
| Wu et al. 2019 | ‘M’ — Wu et al. 2019, Table 1, p. 20: M, listed as medicinal (Antioxidant (Hu et al. 2018c)); no use given Wu F, Zhou L-W, Yang Z-L, Bau T, Li T-H, Dai Y-C (2019). Resource diversity of Chinese macrofungi: edible, medicinal and poisonous species. Fungal Diversity 98: 1-76. doi:10.1007/s13225-019-00432-7. Table 1, 'Medicinal fungi and their function(s)'. link |
Medicinal Use. Listed as medicinal: Wu et al. 2019, M. Recorded only as a medicine: f. cul. medicinalis.
Cite this pageRubel, William. 2026. “Gymnopilus spectabilis.” Taxonomy of Toxins. Last modified 24 October 2026. https://taxonomyoftoxins.com/species/gymnopilus-spectabilis/