Gymnopilus areolatus Murrill 1913

Gymnopilus areolatus Murrill, Mycologia 5: 24. 1913
Flammula areolata Murrill, Mycologia 5: 36. 1913.
Pileus thick, fleshy, convex, cespitose, 6-7 cm. broad; surface dry, imbricate-scaly, dirtyorange-yellow, margin entire; context yellowishwhite, slightly bitter; lamellae adnate, separating from the stipe, subcrowded, broad, ventricose, often notched, yellowish-ferruginous; spores ellipsoid, ferruginous, tuberculate, 9-11 X 6-7 mJ stipe cylindric, often curved, concolorous or paler, subglabrous, solid, 3-5 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick.
Type locality : Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Habitat: On stumps. Distribution: Cuba.

Gymnopilus areolatus is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first formally described by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill, from specimens collected in Cuba.