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flame bonnet

Mycena strobilinoidea

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 Washington.January 10, February 9, March 10, April 14, May 17, June 13, July 11, August 10, September 38, October 52, November 15, December 10.
United States290
Washington132
Oregon125
Canada58
British Columbia38
California24
Alaska14
Quebec10
New Brunswick3
Nunavut3

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
FamilyMycenaceae
GenusBonnets · Mycena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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