Leratiomyces ceres (Cooke & Massee) Spooner & Bridge
(Redlead Roundhead)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead)
GenusLeratiomyces (a genus of roundheads)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead) :
1: Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead)
3 Nov 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in wood chips on flower bed at roadside
Image 1: Cap - dry stateImage 2: Cap - dry state (2)Image 3: Cap - dry state - close-upImage 4: Cap - half imbibedImage 5: Cap - half imbibed - close-upImage 6: Cap - half imbibed - surfaceImage 7: Cap - half imbibed - surface - close-upImage 8: Cap - LSImage 9: Cap - LS (2)Image 10: Cap - margin - close-upImage 11: Fruitbodies - showing capsImage 12: Fruitbodies - showing gillsImage 13: Fruitbodies - showing gills (2)Image 14: Fruitbodies - showing gills (3)Image 15: Fruitbodies - showing gills (4)Image 16: Fruitbodies - showing gills (5)Image 17: Fruitbody - LSImage 18: Fruitbody - youngImage 19: GillsImage 20: Gills - close-upImage 21: Cheilocystidia in gill edgeImage 22: Cheilocystidia in gill edge (2)Image 23: ChrysocystidiumImage 24: Chrysocystidium (2)Image 25: SporesImage 26: Spores (2)Image 27: Surface of gill

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fortey, R. 2004 Psilocybe aurantiaca and a case of mistaken identity Field Mycology Vol 5 (3): 77-80.
Hipkin, C. 2003 Stropharia aurantiaca Vol 14, No 6 Page: 421
Kibby, G. 2015 Leratiomyces ceres, on woodchip mulch, Kew Gardens Vol 16 (1) Page: Front cover
Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W. 1998 Profiles of Fungi No. 97: Stropharia aurantiaca (Cooke) Imai Mycologist Vol 12 (4): 180.

Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leratiomyces ceres (Redlead Roundhead)
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