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Wood Mushroom

Agaricus sylvicola

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 218, February 161, March 253, April 398, May 574, June 625, July 669, August 576, September 423, October 315, November 172, December 135.
United States5,026
Alaska4,519
Russia226
Canada175
California93
Ontario60
New York42
Yukon42
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra37
Moscow Oblast37

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
FamilyField Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricaceae
Genusfield and button mushrooms · Agaricus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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