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Orange Bile Mushroom

Russula mutabilis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) audrey005, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 3, February 3, March 4, April 7, May 12, June 6, July 20, August 7, September 5, October 4, November 3, December 3.
United States261
New York57
New Jersey42
Georgia22
Massachusetts19
Texas18
North Carolina16
Virginia12
West Virginia12
Canada9

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyMilkcaps, Brittlegills and Allies · Russulaceae
Genusbrittlegills · Russula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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