Protostropharia alcis

Protostropharia alcis
On moose dung, Newfoundland, Canada
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Protostropharia
Species:
P. alcis
Binomial name
Protostropharia alcis
(Kytöv.) Redhead, Thorn & Malloch (2013)
Synonyms
  • Stropharia alcis Kytöv. (1999)

Protostropharia alcis is a species of coprophilous agaric fungus in the family Strophariaceae. The fungus produces fruit bodies on moose, elk, and deer dung. The species has been recorded in Europe, Canada and Brazil.