Omphalotus olivascens, commonly known as the western jack-o'-lantern mushroom, is an orange to brown-colored gilled poisonous mushroom endemic to the North American west coast. It has several lookalikes including Cantharellus cibarius.
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. Western jack-o'-lantern; illudins Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Omphalotaceae
- Genus
- Omphalotus
- Species
- Omphalotus olivascens
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