Fungi › Porotheleaceae

tangerine bonnet

Atheniella aurantiidisca

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 12, July 19, August 22, September 39, October 10, November 3, December 0.
United States396
Alaska234
Washington189
Canada185
British Columbia182
Oregon115
California83
Japan5
Idaho4
Alberta3

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
GenusAtheniella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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