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Eastern American Platterful Mushroom

Megacollybia rodmanii

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 Pennsylvania.January 58, February 70, March 86, April 138, May 323, June 628, July 209, August 72, September 88, October 79, November 57, December 56.
United States5,878
Pennsylvania2,598
New York1,756
Canada1,334
Massachusetts1,150
Ohio897
Ontario871
Michigan748
Maryland691
Vermont553

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
FamilyPorotheleaceae
GenusMegacollybia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Eastern American Platterful Mushroom with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.