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Bark Bonnet

Phloeomana speirea

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 222, February 164, March 257, April 405, May 583, June 636, July 681, August 585, September 430, October 321, November 175, December 137.
United States5,014
Alaska4,596
California202
Washington91
Canada55
Oregon49
British Columbia27
Russia22
New York20
Ontario20

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
FamilyPorotheleaceae
GenusPhloeomana

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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