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Slender Pholiota

Pholiota spumosa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 56, February 41, March 65, April 102, May 147, June 161, July 172, August 148, September 109, October 81, November 44, December 35.
United States1,873
Alaska1,162
California237
Canada221
Washington94
Ontario88
British Columbia58
Idaho57
Quebec48
Oregon41

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

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
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyStrophariaceae
GenusScalycaps · Pholiota

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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