Laccaria

Taxobox
name = "Laccaria bicolor"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Laccaria bicolor"
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
subclassis = Hymenomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Hydnangiaceae
genus = "Laccaria"
genus_authority = Berk. & Broome
type_species = Laccaria laccata
type_species_authority =(Scop.) Cooke

Laccaria is a genus around 18 species of fungus found worldwide. They are mycorrhizal. The type species is the deceiver ("Laccaria laccata"). Other notable species include the amethyst deceiver ("L. amethystina"), sometimes incorrectly written as "L. amethystea", and "L. bicolor"