Fungi
Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like]
Sighting 4205713

Leratiomyces ceres

1 Red Woodchip Fungus at Hughes, ACT

Leratiomyces ceres at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2019 03:00 PM
Leratiomyces ceres at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2019 03:00 PM
Leratiomyces ceres at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2019 03:00 PM
Leratiomyces ceres at Hughes, ACT - 3 Apr 2019 03:00 PM
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Identification history

Leratiomyces ceres 23 Apr 2019 Heino1
Leratiomyces ceres 17 Apr 2019 Pam
Unverified 3 Apr 2019 ruthkerruish

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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

KenT wrote:
   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.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   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.
Heino1 wrote:
   8 Apr 2019
Certainly something in the Hypholoma line and another possibility is Leratiomyces ceres, which was once placed in the genus Hypholoma.
Pam wrote:
   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
ruthkerruish wrote:
   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.!
ruthkerruish wrote:
   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.!

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Sighting information

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
  • Machine learning

  • Synonyms

    Hypholoma aurantiacum Stropharia aurantiaca Hypholoma aurantiacum, Stropharia aurantiacum
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