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Girdled Knight

Tricholoma cingulatum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 88, February 65, March 101, April 159, May 230, June 250, July 268, August 231, September 169, October 126, November 69, December 54.
United States1,823
Alaska1,810
Russia38
Germany27
United Kingdom23
Canada19
England19
Quebec17
Spain10
New York7

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

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