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Velvet-footed Tap

Tapinella atrotomentosa

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 602, February 444, March 696, April 1,095, May 1,579, June 1,722, July 1,842, August 1,584, September 1,163, October 868, November 474, December 371.
United States17,442
Alaska12,441
Canada1,780
Washington1,016
New York716
Ontario667
Germany621
British Columbia565
Massachusetts333
Maine329

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

Traits

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
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
FamilyTapinellaceae
GenusTapinella

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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