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Trainwrecker

Neolentinus lepideus

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 130, February 96, March 151, April 237, May 342, June 373, July 399, August 343, September 252, October 188, November 103, December 80.
United States5,477
Alaska2,695
Georgia489
Canada389
Russia328
Virginia274
New Zealand265
North Carolina264
Ontario259
Maryland240

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.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
OrderGloeophyllales
FamilyGloeophyllaceae
GenusNeolentinus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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