Campanophyllum is a fungal genus in the family Cyphellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Campanophyllum proboscideum, found in Costa Rica. The genus was circumscribed in 2003 to accommodate the species formerly known as Lentinus proboscoides.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Campanophyllum proboscideum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Conchomyces bursiformis
- Hohenbuehelia angustata
- Pleurotus parsonsiae
- Neonothopanus nambi — considered toxic
- Auriscalpium villipes
- Ossicaulis semiocculta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Cyphellaceae
- Genus
- Campanophyllum
- Species
- Campanophyllum proboscideum
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