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Leratiomyces erythrocephalus

Leratiomyces erythrocephalus
Red pouch fungus 01.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Leratiomyces
Species: L. ceres
Binomial name
Leratiomyces erythrocephalus
(Tul. & C. Tul.) Beever & D.-C. Park
Synonyms

Clavogaster erythrocephalus (Tul. & C. Tul.) Lintott
Secotium erythrocephalum Tul.
Secotium lutescens Lloyd
Weraroa erythrocephala (Tul. & C. Tul.) Singer & A.H. Sm.


Clavogaster erythrocephalus (Tul. & C. Tul.) Lintott
Secotium erythrocephalum Tul.
Secotium lutescens Lloyd
Weraroa erythrocephala (Tul. & C. Tul.) Singer & A.H. Sm.

Leratiomyces erythrocephalus, commonly known as the red pouch fungus, is a species of fungus in the Strophariaceae family. First described scientifically as Secotium erythrocephalum by Louis René Tulasne in 1845 and later transferred to Weraroa by American mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1958, it was given its current name in 2008. It is found in New Zealand.


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