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Coccora

Amanita calyptroderma

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 211, February 161, March 167, April 207, May 201, June 148, July 127, August 129, September 164, October 332, November 837, December 608.
United States2,232
California2,039
Oregon150
Washington39
Nevada2
Kansas2

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

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