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Red-stemmed Gymnopus

Gymnopus erythropus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) donniebasco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 81, February 60, March 93, April 147, May 212, June 231, July 247, August 213, September 156, October 117, November 64, December 50.
United States1,847
Alaska1,670
Oregon38
California31
Washington30
Germany26
New York22
Spain22
Switzerland21
Hungary21

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
FamilyOmphalotaceae
GenusGymnopus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Red-stemmed Gymnopus with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.