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Decorated Mop

Tricholomopsis decora

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 208, February 154, March 241, April 379, May 546, June 596, July 637, August 548, September 402, October 300, November 164, December 128.
United States5,397
Alaska4,304
Canada557
Ontario187
New York146
Quebec122
North Carolina104
Georgia100
British Columbia97
Russia92

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
FamilyPhyllotopsidaceae
GenusTricholomopsis

Sources

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