Redlead Roundhead (Leratiomyces ceres)

''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 also known as ''Stropharia aurantiaca'', ''Hypholoma aurantiaca'', ''Naematoloma aurantiaca'', and a number of other synonyms. It is common in wood chips and lawns in North America, Europe, Australia, New.. more