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hairy oysterling

Resupinatus trichotis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 70, February 52, March 81, April 127, May 184, June 200, July 214, August 184, September 135, October 101, November 55, December 43.
United States1,481
Alaska1,446
United Kingdom18
England15
Germany11
Spain7
Russia7
North Carolina6
Georgia5
Hungary5

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
FamilyResupinataceae
GenusResupinatus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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