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Decorated Pholiota

Leucopholiota decorosa

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 New York.January 8, February 8, March 11, April 20, May 34, June 16, July 12, August 11, September 16, October 12, November 8, December 8.
United States609
New York162
Canada142
Pennsylvania136
Ontario109
West Virginia66
Ohio44
Michigan27
Vermont26
Virginia25

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilySquamanitaceae
GenusLeucopholiota

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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