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Smoked Oysterling

Resupinatus applicatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 85, February 63, March 98, April 154, May 222, June 242, July 259, August 223, September 164, October 122, November 67, December 52.
United States2,923
Alaska1,751
Pennsylvania179
New York164
New Jersey137
Virginia116
Maryland101
West Virginia82
Canada79
California68

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
FamilyResupinataceae
GenusResupinatus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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