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Trooping Funnel

Infundibulicybe geotropa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 257, February 190, March 297, April 467, May 674, June 735, July 786, August 676, September 496, October 371, November 203, December 158.
United States5,314
Alaska5,310
United Kingdom679
England577
Germany243
Russia139
Switzerland103
France97
Scotland64
Italy63

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
FamilyOmphalinaceae
GenusFunnels · Infundibulicybe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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