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Splitpea Shanklet

Collybia cookei

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) rkluzco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 108, February 80, March 125, April 196, May 283, June 309, July 330, August 284, September 209, October 156, November 85, December 66.
United States2,545
Alaska2,230
Canada110
Ontario65
New York35
Pennsylvania26
Colorado26
California25
Washington21
Michigan21

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

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
FamilyClitocybaceae
GenusCollybia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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