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cinnamon webcap

Cortinarius cinnamomeus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 290, February 214, March 336, April 528, May 761, June 830, July 889, August 764, September 561, October 419, November 229, December 179.
United States6,390
Alaska6,000
Canada207
British Columbia67
Ontario66
New York60
Washington58
Quebec41
Pennsylvania29
Massachusetts25

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

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
FamilyWebcaps · Cortinariaceae
GenusWebcaps · Cortinarius

Sources

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