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Collared Calostoma

Calostoma lutescens

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 Virginia.January 33, February 33, March 36, April 60, May 77, June 38, July 31, August 30, September 36, October 33, November 28, December 59.
United States2,319
Virginia463
North Carolina441
Tennessee323
Maryland256
West Virginia158
Georgia122
Pennsylvania115
Kentucky86
Alabama60

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Earthball fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically earthballs.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
FamilySclerodermataceae
GenusCalostoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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