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Red-brown Trich

Tricholoma pessundatum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 117, February 86, March 135, April 213, May 307, June 335, July 358, August 308, September 226, October 169, November 92, December 72.
United States2,562
Alaska2,419
Canada92
Quebec42
Washington32
Ontario25
California22
British Columbia21
New Jersey18
North Carolina15

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
FamilyTricholomataceae
GenusKnights · Tricholoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Red-brown Trich with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.