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orange pore fungus

Favolaschia claudopus

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 Australia.January 216, February 176, March 488, April 1,210, May 1,372, June 1,056, July 499, August 157, September 102, October 115, November 104, December 129.
Australia5,624
Victoria4,314
New Zealand4,190
Wellington Region1,010
Auckland Region922
Queensland605
Waikato Region423
Canterbury Region404
New South Wales344
Hawaii334

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
FamilyMycenaceae
GenusFavolaschia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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