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frosty bonnet

Mycena tenerrima

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 109, February 81, March 126, April 199, May 287, June 312, July 334, August 288, September 211, October 158, November 86, December 67.
United States2,520
Alaska2,258
California186
United Kingdom43
England40
Netherlands40
Zuid-Holland18
Washington17
Canada15
British Columbia15

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
GenusBonnets · Mycena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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