Leratiomyces percevalii

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| image = Leratiomyces percevalii (Berk. & Broome) Bridge & Spooner 598824.jpg

| genus = Leratiomyces

| species = percevalii

| authority = (Berk. & Broome) Bridge & Spooner{{cite journal|url=https://mycotaxon.com/vol/103.pdf|title=Taxonomy of the fungus commonly known as Stropharia aurantiaca with new combinations in Leratiomyces |first1=Paul D. |last1=Bridge |first2=Brian |last2=Spooner |first3=Ross E. |last3=Beever |first4=D.-C. |last4=Park |journal=Mycotaxon|date=2008|volume=103 |page=117}}

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Leratiomyces percevalii, commonly known as mulch maid,{{Cite web|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/129323-Leratiomyces-percevalii/browse_photos|title=Photos of Mulch Maids (Leratiomyces percevalii) · iNaturalist|website=iNaturalist}} is a medium-sized saprobic mushroom. Its cap is up to {{Convert|8|cm|frac=4}} wide, yellowish-orange, bun-shaped then bell-shaped, becoming shallowly convex.{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=675}} Its gills are adnexed to shortly decurrent and whitish to purplish gray or purple-blackish. It is common in woodchips, fields, and urban waste spaces,{{Cite web|url=https://picturemushroom.com/wiki/Leratiomyces_percevalii.html|title=Leratiomyces percevalii (Leratiomyces percevalii)|website=Picture Mushroom}} as well as under conifers in western North America.