Leratiomyces ceres
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Leratiomyces |
| Species: | L. ceres |
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Leratiomyces ceres (Cooke & Masee) Spooner & Bridge (2008) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus squamosus f. aurantiacus |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
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gills on hymenium |
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cap is convex |
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hymenium is adnate |
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stipe has a ring |
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spore print is brown |
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ecology is saprotrophic |
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edibility: poisonous |
Agaricus squamosus f. aurantiacus
Hypholoma aurantiaca
Hypholoma aurantiacum
Naematoloma aurantiaca
Naematoloma aurantiacum
Psilocybe aurantiaca
Psilocybe ceres
Stropharia aurantiaca
Stropharia percevalii var. aurantiaca
Stropharia squamosa var. aurantiaca
Stropholoma aurantiacum
Leratiomyces ceres, commonly known as the Redlead Roundhead, is mushroom which has a bright red to orange cap and dark purple-brown spore deposit. It is usually found growing gregariously on wood chips and is one of the most common and most distinctive mushrooms found in that habitat. It is also known as Stropharia aurantiaca, Hypholoma aurantiaca, Naematoloma aurantiaca, and a number of other synonyms. It is common in wood chips and lawns in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.
Leratiomyces ceres
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