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Orange Grisette

Amanita crocea

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 239, February 176, March 276, April 435, May 627, June 683, July 731, August 629, September 462, October 345, November 188, December 147.
United States4,999
Alaska4,937
Russia246
United Kingdom242
England108
Scotland103
Finland80
Germany63
Moscow Oblast47
Canada44

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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