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Yellow Knight

Tricholoma frondosae

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 79, February 58, March 91, April 144, May 207, June 226, July 242, August 208, September 153, October 114, November 62, December 49.
United States1,635
Alaska1,633
Russia20
Germany16
Italy6
Poland6
Hessen6
Finland5
Switzerland4
Nord-Est4

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
FamilyTricholomataceae
GenusKnights · Tricholoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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