Leratiomyces erythrocephalus

Leratiomyces erythrocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Leratiomyces
Species:
L. ceres
Binomial name
Leratiomyces ceres
(Tul. & C. Tul.) Beever & D.-C. Park
Synonyms

Clavogaster erythrocephalus (Tul. & C. Tul.) Lintott
Secotium erythrocephalum Tul.
Secotium lutescens Lloyd
Weraroa erythrocephala (Tul. & C. Tul.) Singer & A.H. Sm.

Leratiomyces erythrocephalus, commonly known as the red pouch fungus, is a species of fungus in the family Strophariaceae. First described scientifically as Secotium erythrocephalum by Louis René Tulasne in 1845 and later transferred to Weraroa by American mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1958,[1] it was given its current name in 2008.[2] It is found in New Zealand.[3]

L. erythrocephalus
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