Biology:Leratiomyces erythrocephalus

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Short description: Species of fungus

Leratiomyces erythrocephalus
Red pouch fungus 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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

References

  1. "Studies on secotiaceous fungi III. The genus Weraroa". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 85 (5): 324–34. 1958. doi:10.2307/2483074. 
  2. "Taxonomy of the fungus commonly known as Stropharia aurantiaca, with new combinations in Leratiomyces". Mycotaxon 103: 109–21. 2008. 
  3. "Leratiomyces erythrocephalus". NZFUNGI database. https://biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz/scientific-names/dd961b33-56e8-4854-96e5-62529aaf8fd1. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6528740 entry