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Blushing Bride Amanita

Amanita novinupta

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 112, February 227, March 324, April 260, May 130, June 87, July 74, August 75, September 96, October 98, November 126, December 97.
California1,230
United States1,226
Mexico33
Baja California32
Russia22
Tomsk Oblast21
Nevada18
Oregon6
Washington5
New Mexico3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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