The Deceiver - Laccaria laccata

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Alternative names
Deceiver Fungus
Description

Cap up to 6 cm. This orange brown (sometimes pinkish or cinnamon) cap changes colour depending on whether it is wet or dry, and often appears scurfy. It has thick and almost waxy, flesh-coloured gills. The stipe is the same colour as the cap and is usually curved or twisted and fibrous.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Found in scattered troops in wooded areas, and on heaths often in poor soil.

When to see it

Can be found from spring until autumn

UK Status

Very common and widespread in Britain.

VC55 Status

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    23 October 2004
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    01 October 2004
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    19 October 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    06 November 2013
    specimen examined
  • David Nicholls
    Altar Stones
    29 September 2012
  • Lostash
    Whetstone Recreational Ground
    26 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Altar Stones
    29 September 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    04 October 2012
    white spore print
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    04 October 2012
    spores

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Deceiver
Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Hydnangiaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
109
First record:
01/10/2004 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
18/11/2024 (Isabel Raval)

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% of records within its species group

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  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    04 November 2015
    specimen examined
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    04 November 2015
    specimen examined
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    01 October 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    06 November 2013
    specimen examined
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    01 October 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Altar Stones
    29 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    19 October 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    19 October 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    19 October 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    19 October 2012