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red-banded webcap

Cortinarius armillatus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 474, February 350, March 549, April 864, May 1,245, June 1,358, July 1,453, August 1,249, September 917, October 685, November 374, December 292.
United States10,744
Alaska9,811
Canada1,008
Ontario316
Quebec309
New York254
Nova Scotia222
New Brunswick198
Russia143
Finland129

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

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

Sources

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