Fungi

meadow coral fungus

Clavulinopsis corniculata

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 469, February 346, March 542, April 853, May 1,230, June 1,341, July 1,435, August 1,234, September 906, October 676, November 370, December 289.
United States10,052
Alaska9,693
United Kingdom566
England482
Canada233
Ontario149
Germany84
Quebec52
North Carolina51
Tennessee48

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
  • Coral fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically coral fungi.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.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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