Pluteus cervinus
| Pluteus cervinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pluteaceae |
| Genus: | Pluteus |
| Species: | P. cervinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pluteus cervinus | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Pluteus cervinus | |
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| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is flat or umbonate | |
| Hymenium is free | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is salmon to reddish-brown | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is edible | |
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.