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Freckled Dapperling

Echinoderma asperum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 152, February 112, March 175, April 276, May 398, June 434, July 464, August 399, September 293, October 219, November 120, December 93.
United States3,719
Alaska3,136
Germany226
Canada143
Switzerland128
Russia97
Ontario95
Austria79
United Kingdom76
Pennsylvania70

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.FungiTastic metadata

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyVerrucosporaceae
GenusEchinoderma

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