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Peppery Roundhead

Stropharia pseudocyanea

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 85, February 63, March 98, April 154, May 223, June 243, July 260, August 223, September 164, October 122, November 67, December 52.
United States1,761
Alaska1,754
United Kingdom27
England20
Washington7
Germany7
Canada6
British Columbia6
Switzerland5
Scotland4

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
FamilyStrophariaceae
GenusRoundheads · Stropharia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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