Pluteus
Sign in to savePluteus is a large genus of fungi with over 300 species. They are wood rotting saprobes with pink spore prints and gills that are free from the stem.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Deer Mushroom
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyPluteaceae
Observations33,485
Groupfungi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pluteaceae
- Image
- Pluteus.cervinus2.-.lindsey.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- P105
- genus
- P910
- Category:Pluteus
- P783
- lamella
- P788
- saprobiont
- P787
- pink
- P789
- edible mushroom
- P427
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Characteristics of the genus
- Naming
- Remarks on particular species
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Pluteus is a large genus of fungi with over 300 species. They are wood rotting saprobes with pink spore prints and gills that are free from the stem.
The Latin word Pluteus means shed or penthouse.