A fact from Hebeloma aminophilum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the mushroom Hebeloma aminophilum gets its common name of ghoul fungus because it grows on the carcasses of dead animals?
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Aren't Hebeloma species mycorrhizal? This entry says ecology is saprotrophic. I get that it is getting nutrients from corpses as well but that must be nitrogen products it is soaking up to share with the trees, no? Michael Kuo says mycorrhizal: https://www.mushroomexpert.com/hebeloma.htmlCreekMagic (talk) 02:41, 18 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
