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Matsutake

Tricholoma matsutake

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 302, February 223, March 350, April 551, May 794, June 866, July 926, August 797, September 585, October 437, November 239, December 186.
United States6,256
Alaska6,255
Canada62
Quebec21
Ontario21
Nunavut20
Japan14
Hokkaido11
Finland10
Sweden6

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

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
FamilyTricholomataceae
GenusKnights · Tricholoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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