Leratiomcyes ceres

Red Woodchip Fungus at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Leratiomyces ceres	8 Jun 2015	MichaelMulvaney
Leratiomyces ceres	4 May 2015	Heino
Unidentified	4 May 2015	TimYiu

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ANU John Curtin Medical School

5 comments

Heino wrote:

5 May 2015

Common on woodchips in many countries. Moved to the genus Leratiomyces in 2008. In older sources you can find information about it under the name Stropharia aurantiaca. Often turns up in large numbers.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

9 Jun 2015

Heino I put this down as a common native, though it appears that its origin is unknown, should I consider it an exotic?

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

9 Jun 2015

Hi Tim. This is our first report of this species, and as I did before, I got a copy of the photo and cropped it for use in the sample photo of the species. See http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Species/14707. Thanks for the photos.

Heino wrote:

9 Jun 2015

Michael, I don't know. It may just be one of those species that was naturally widespread, long before humans started spreading species. There'd be a number of similar species, of 'unknown origin' status.

TimYiu wrote:

9 Jun 2015

Thanks for identifying all.

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Location information

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
4 May 2015 12:00 AM Recorded on
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Species information

Leratiomcyes ceres Scientific name
Red Woodchip Fungus Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Non-Invasive
Up to 1398.1m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
Synonyms
Hypholoma aurantiacum Stropharia aurantiaca Hypholoma aurantiacum, Stropharia aurantiacum