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Pinewood Gingertail

Xeromphalina campanella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 239, February 177, March 277, April 436, May 628, June 685, July 733, August 630, September 463, October 345, November 189, December 148.
United States7,633
Alaska4,949
British Columbia1,467
Washington1,237
Canada1,006
Oregon739
California428
Ontario362
New York325
Maine301

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
FamilyXeromphalinaceae
GenusXeromphalina

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