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birch webcap

Phlegmacium triumphans

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 210, February 155, March 243, April 383, May 552, June 602, July 644, August 554, September 407, October 304, November 166, December 130.
United States4,352
Alaska4,350
Russia408
Finland93
Moscow Oblast55
Uusimaa32
Bashkortostan30
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast25
Tomsk Oblast24
Leningrad oblast23

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
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyWebcaps · Cortinariaceae
GenusPhlegmacium

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