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Bleachy Entoloma

Entoloma ferruginans

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 171, February 72, March 31, April 39, May 38, June 28, July 24, August 24, September 31, October 31, November 40, December 94.
United States383
California380
Mexico47
Baja California47
Nevada2
Utah1

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyEntolomataceae
GenusPinkgills · Entoloma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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