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the sickener

Russula emetica

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) dannymi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	12,161
Alaska	11,573
Canada	246
Ontario	125
New York	60
British Columbia	60
Washington	53
Michigan	45
North Carolina	38
Quebec	37

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

Traits

Group and habits

Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.FungiTastic metadata
Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

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

Kingdom	Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi
Phylum	Basidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
Class	Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Order	Russulales
Family	Milkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies · Russulaceae
Genus	brittlegills · Russula

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: FungiTastic metadata (BSD-3-Clause repository; dataset terms require verification)
How much to rely on each source

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