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Brownish Chroogomphus

Chroogomphus rutilus

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 272, February 201, March 315, April 495, May 714, June 779, July 833, August 716, September 526, October 393, November 215, December 168.
United States6,015
Alaska5,626
Russia245
California108
Canada86
Spain55
Virginia41
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra39
Germany36
Ontario34

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

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
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
FamilyGomphidiaceae
GenusChroogomphus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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