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Giant Funnel

Aspropaxillus giganteus

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 132, February 98, March 153, April 241, May 348, June 379, July 406, August 349, September 256, October 191, November 104, December 82.
United States2,784
Alaska2,739
Finland60
Uusimaa39
United Kingdom31
Spain29
England29
Canada25
Russia16
Germany13

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
FamilyPseudoclitocybaceae
GenusAspropaxillus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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