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Garland Roundhead

Stropharia coronilla

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 89, February 65, March 102, April 161, May 233, June 254, July 271, August 233, September 171, October 128, November 70, December 55.
United States2,258
Alaska1,832
Spain97
Canada78
Mexico69
Germany47
Ontario43
Comunidad de Madrid39
Switzerland37
Texas36

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
GenusRoundheads · Stropharia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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