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Conifer roundhead

Stropharia hornemannii

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 210, February 155, March 243, April 382, May 551, June 600, July 642, August 552, September 406, October 303, November 165, December 129.
United States4,606
Alaska4,338
Canada171
Washington84
Quebec57
Russia56
Finland54
Ontario45
British Columbia42
Colorado39

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
FamilyStrophariaceae
GenusRoundheads · Stropharia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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