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Fool's Mushroom

Amanita verna

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 5, February 5, March 7, April 13, May 22, June 11, July 8, August 7, September 8, October 8, November 5, December 5.
United States696
New York105
Canada99
North Carolina89
Pennsylvania88
Ontario86
Tennessee48
West Virginia41
Texas39
Virginia27

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

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