Leratiomyces ceres
1 Red Woodchip Fungus at Hughes, ACT
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| Unverified | ruthkerruish | 3 Apr 2019 |
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User's notes
Cap is conical initially, then flattens out, is 2.5 to 3.5 cm diameter, stalk is 5 cm long. Lovely pure colour.
6 comments
4 Apr 2019
This looks somewhat like the red brick caps (Hypholoma lateritium syn Hypholoma sublateritium) from the northern hemisphere (UK, Europe, US etc). This is assuming the caps are far from mature and are growing in a leafy wood chip mulch.
4 Apr 2019
The caps are certainly brick red and seem to have veil remnants round the edge in older caps. Growing in leaf mulch, cant see any wood chips. I notice they are listed as mildly poisonous - maybe I had better remove them. them.
8 Apr 2019
Certainly something in the Hypholoma line and another possibility is Leratiomyces ceres, which was once placed in the genus Hypholoma.
17 Apr 2019
Those little white flecks around the edge of the cap, along with the other characters are typical of Leratiomyces ceres as you suggest Heino
17 Apr 2019
I removed a few but many more have developed and I have left them because they wont last long in this dry weather and they are very attractive.!
17 Apr 2019
I removed a few but many more have developed and I have left them because they wont last long in this dry weather and they are very attractive.!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098769-35.338292
- Altitude 618.7m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2019 03:00 PM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
Collections
- ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Leratiomyces ceres Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Fungi
Species information
- Leratiomyces ceres Scientific name
- Red Woodchip Fungus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1398.1m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Hypholoma aurantiacum Stropharia aurantiaca Hypholoma aurantiacum, Stropharia aurantiacum