Leratiomcyes ceres (Red Woodchip Fungus)

Cap:- Red brown to bright red orange, usually with white flecks around the edge of the cap when immature and forming a ring of dots just in from the margin when more mature; convex, with a slight umbo, becomoing flat with age, slimy if moist, drying to a satiny appearance.

Gills:- Initially a pale creamy off white that mottles purple brown as spores mature, sinuately adnexed, crowded.

Stem:- Similar colour to cap, often covered with light scales, slender with a swollen base.

 

Leratiomcyes ceres is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands  |  South Coast

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Species information

  • Leratiomcyes ceres Scientific name
  • Red Woodchip Fungus Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 899m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Hypholoma aurantiacum Stropharia aurantiaca

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