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Small Funnel-Veil Amanita

Amanita multisquamosa

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 Ontario.January 5, February 5, March 8, April 16, May 31, June 15, July 11, August 10, September 11, October 9, November 5, December 5.
United States472
Canada145
Ontario132
Michigan78
Indiana48
New York47
Wisconsin41
North Carolina28
Minnesota27
Tennessee26

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Small Funnel-Veil Amanita with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.