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ochre club

Clavariadelphus ligula

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 143, February 106, March 166, April 261, May 376, June 410, July 439, August 377, September 277, October 207, November 113, December 88.
United States3,342
Alaska2,963
Canada354
Ontario162
Russia144
British Columbia82
Idaho59
Washington57
Minnesota56
Colorado52

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.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderGomphales
FamilyClavariadelphaceae
GenusClavariadelphus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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