Leratiomyces ceres

species

“Redlead Roundhead”, “Stropholoma Aurantiacum”, “Stropharia Squamosa Var. Aurantiaca”, “Stropharia Percevalii Var. Aurantiaca”, “Psilocybe Aurantiaca”, “Psilocybe Ceres”, “Stropharia Aurantiaca”, “Agaricus Squamosus F. Aurantiacus”, “Hypholoma Aurantiaca”, “Hypholoma Aurantiacum”, “Naematoloma Aurantiaca”, “Naematoloma Aurantiacum”

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Leratiomyces ceres, commonly known as the 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. It is common on wood chips and lawns in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. The name Stropharia aurantiaca has been used extensively but incorrectly for this mushroom (together with a number of similar synonyms).