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False Funeral Bell

Kuehneromyces lignicola

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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.

United States	949
Alaska	622
Canada	225
Washington	92
British Columbia	86
California	77
Oregon	56
Russia	49
Quebec	38
Alberta	34

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

Traits

Ecological

DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi
Phylum	Basidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
Class	Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Order	Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Family	Hymenogastraceae
Genus	Kuehneromyces

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Fungi of Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
How much to rely on each source

Remember the name next time.

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

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