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Stinking Orange Oyster

Phyllotopsis nidulans

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 509, February 376, March 589, April 926, May 1,335, June 1,456, July 1,558, August 1,340, September 984, October 734, November 401, December 314.
United States18,991
Alaska10,523
Canada2,440
Ontario1,486
California1,365
New York982
Germany514
Pennsylvania471
Massachusetts460
Georgia453

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
FamilyPhyllotopsidaceae
GenusPhyllotopsis

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Remember the name next time.

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