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Pluteus cervinus
Pluteus cervinus, commonly known as the deer shield, deer mushroom, or fawn mushroom, is a species of fungus in the order Agaricales. Fruit bodies are agaricoid (mushroom-shaped). Pluteus cervinus is saprotrophic and fruit bodies are found on rotten logs, roots, tree stumps, sawdust, and other wood waste. It is common in Europe and eastern North America.
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Deer Mushroom
speciesPluteus cervinus
Western Deer Mushroom
speciesPluteus exilis
Pluteus hongoi
speciesPluteus hongoi
Pluteus rangifer
speciesPluteus rangifer
Pluteus elaphinus
speciesPluteus elaphinus
Pluteus alniphilus
speciesPluteus alniphilus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1617451.