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Piggyback Shanklet

Collybia cirrhata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) kulindadromeus1980, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 580, June 633, July 677, August 582, September 428, October 319, November 174, December 136.
United States4,846
Alaska4,573
Canada182
Ontario65
California52
British Columbia42
Russia42
Spain31
Quebec30
Washington28

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