Mulch Maids

Leratiomyces percevalii, commonly known as mulch maid, is a medium-sized saprobic mushroom. Its cap is up to 8 centimetres (3+1⁄4 in) wide, yellowish-orange, bun-shaped then bell-shaped, becoming shallowly convex. Its gills are adnexed to shortly decurrent and whitish to purplish gray or purple-blackish. It is common in urban areas and near trails and roads, as well as under conifers in western North America. Its edibility is unknown.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Mulch Maids being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Agrocybe praecox
• Protostropharia dorsipora
• Stropharia coronilla — considered toxic
• Agrocybe microspora
• Agrocybe molesta

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Strophariaceae

Genus

Leratiomyces

Species

Leratiomyces percevalii

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