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Copper Brittlegill

Russula decolorans

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) sakke2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 583, February 430, March 674, April 1,061, May 1,530, June 1,668, July 1,785, August 1,535, September 1,127, October 841, November 460, December 359.
United States12,370
Alaska12,053
Canada167
Finland102
Ontario75
New York56
Sweden43
Russia43
Colorado39
Quebec39

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
  • Human edible commercially tradedRecognized by a harvested source as edible and suitable for commercial food trade.Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.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.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyMilkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies · Russulaceae
Genusbrittlegills · Russula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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