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willow barkspot

Diatrype bullata

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 244, February 180, March 282, April 443, May 639, June 697, July 746, August 642, September 471, October 352, November 192, December 150.
United States5,116
Alaska5,038
Russia80
Germany42
Washington41
Finland31
United Kingdom26
England25
Moscow Oblast19
Canada18

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
PhylumAscomycete Fungi · Ascomycota
ClassSordariomycetes
OrderXylariales
FamilyDiatrypaceae
GenusDiatrype

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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