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Peeling Paint Ringless Amanita

Amanita submembranacea

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 Alaska.January 68, February 50, March 78, April 123, May 177, June 193, July 207, August 178, September 131, October 97, November 53, December 42.
United States1,397
Alaska1,397
Italy66
Nord-Est52
Switzerland34
Austria30
Spain26
Germany20
United Kingdom19
Russia19

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

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
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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