Leratiomyces ceres
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Leratiomyces ceres,[1] commonly known as the chip cherry[2][3] or 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.[1][4] It is common on wood chips and lawns in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.[1] The name Stropharia aurantiaca has been used extensively but incorrectly for this mushroom (together with a number of similar synonyms).
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Strophariaceae |
Genus: | Leratiomyces |
Species: | L. ceres |
Binomial name | |
Leratiomyces ceres (Cooke & Masee) Spooner & Bridge (2008) | |
Synonyms | |
Agaricus squamosus f. aurantiacus sensu auct. |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex or flat | |
Hymenium is adnate | |
Stipe has a ring | |
Spore print is purple-brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic |