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Yellowing Knight

Tricholoma scalpturatum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 221, February 163, March 256, April 403, May 581, June 633, July 678, August 583, September 428, October 319, November 175, December 136.
United States4,616
Alaska4,577
Germany64
Russia64
Spain46
United Kingdom43
England41
Switzerland39
Canada31
Italy31

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
FamilyTricholomataceae
GenusKnights · Tricholoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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