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Silky Pinkgill

Entoloma sericeum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) temmitt, 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.

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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 393, February 290, March 454, April 715, May 1,031, June 1,124, July 1,203, August 1,034, September 759, October 567, November 310, December 242.
United States8,619
Alaska8,121
Washington891
California176
Canada130
British Columbia67
United Kingdom65
England48
Oregon46
Spain37

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
FamilyEntolomataceae
GenusPinkgills · Entoloma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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