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poplar bells

Schizophyllum amplum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 43, February 31, March 49, April 78, May 112, June 122, July 130, August 112, September 82, October 61, November 34, December 26.
United States921
Alaska881
Russia110
Spain48
Hungary44
California40
United Kingdom36
England36
Chile33
Germany29

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
FamilySchizophyllaceae
GenusSchizophyllum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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