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Wood Woolly-foot

Collybiopsis peronata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 399, February 295, March 462, April 727, May 1,048, June 1,143, July 1,223, August 1,052, September 772, October 577, November 315, December 246.
United States9,247
Alaska8,261
Washington2,089
Canada426
British Columbia426
Oregon157
Germany154
United Kingdom74
Brandenburg61
Russia55

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyOmphalotaceae
GenusParachutes · Collybiopsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Wood Woolly-foot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.