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rooting shank

Oudemansiella radicata

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 33, February 24, March 38, April 60, May 86, June 94, July 100, August 86, September 63, October 47, November 26, December 20.
United States965
Alaska678
Germany497
United Kingdom296
England275
Austria158
Switzerland141
France134
Hungary106
Spain89

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyPhysalacriaceae
GenusRooting Shanks · Oudemansiella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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