''Leratiomyces'' is a

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first proposed three times under invalid names, and finally validated in 2008. It includes several formerly described, variously, from the genera ''

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'', ''

Hypholoma ''Hypholoma'' is a genus of fungi which are quite well known due to the commonness of sulphur tuft (''Hypholoma fasciculare'') on stumps in temperate woodlands. Species in this genus are easily recognizable because the dark spores create a dis ...

'', and ''

Weraroa ''Weraroa'' was a genus of mushrooms from the families Hymenogastraceae and Strophariaceae. The genus was initially described by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1958 to accommodate the single species ''Secotium novae-zelandiae'' reported by Gordon He ...

''. It was formerly classified as ''Stropharia'' section ''Stropholoma'', though some authorities placed this section in the genus ''Hypholoma'', as these species often have features that are intermediate between the two genera. The genus name of ''Leratiomyces'' is in honour of Auguste Le Rat (1872-1910), who was a French teacher, and in 1904 was the curator of the Museums in Nouméa,

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. The genus was

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by Andreas Bresinsky, Manfred Binder, Paul Dennis Bridge, Brian Martin Spooner, Ross Ewen Beever and Duck Chul Park in Mycotaxon vol.103 on page 115 in 2008. This group includes a number of mushrooms found commonly in

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beds and dry grasslands or sandy soils, such as '' Leratiomyces ceres'' and '' L. percevalii''. It also includes a number of secotioid species, including the

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, '' L. similis'', as well as '' L. cucullatus'', '' L. erythrocephalus'' and '' L. laetissimus''.

Species

References

External links

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Leratiomyces
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by Michael Kuo, ''MushroomExpert.com'', 2008. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1939839 Agaricomycetes genera Strophariaceae