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dappled webcap

Cortinarius bolaris

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 415, February 307, March 481, April 756, May 1,090, June 1,189, July 1,272, August 1,094, September 803, October 600, November 328, December 256.
United States9,034
Alaska8,592
Germany138
Canada111
Russia102
Finland98
New York92
United Kingdom83
Ontario57
England51

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.FungiTastic metadata
  • 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
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyWebcaps · Cortinariaceae
GenusWebcaps · Cortinarius

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