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Giant Pine Spike

Chroogomphus pseudovinicolor

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 6, February 5, March 5, April 6, May 6, June 5, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 12, November 12, December 14.
United States99
California62
Idaho17
Washington11
Canada9
British Columbia9
Nevada5
Alabama1
Georgia1
Colorado1

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

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
FamilyGomphidiaceae
GenusChroogomphus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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