Fungi

common club coral fungus

Clavariadelphus pistillaris

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 122, February 90, March 141, April 223, May 321, June 350, July 375, August 322, September 236, October 176, November 96, December 75.
United States2,872
Alaska2,529
Canada87
Ontario64
North Carolina59
Tennessee55
Germany49
Switzerland46
Austria37
Michigan34

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

Traits

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.

Sources

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