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bitter poisonpie

Hebeloma sinapizans

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

24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 156, February 115, March 181, April 284, May 410, June 447, July 478, August 411, September 302, October 225, November 123, December 96.
United States3,348
Alaska3,228
Canada38
Spain34
California29
Ontario24
Aragón23
New York20
Washington17
Colorado12

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.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
FamilyHymenogastraceae
GenusPoisonpies · Hebeloma

Sources

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