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Verdigris Agaric

Stropharia aeruginosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 492, February 363, March 569, April 895, May 1,291, June 1,407, July 1,506, August 1,295, September 951, October 710, November 388, December 303.
United States10,340
Alaska10,169
Russia433
Germany223
Finland188
Moscow Oblast146
Canada135
Poland102
Spain96
United Kingdom85

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

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