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Cross-veined Troop Mushroom

Xeromphalina kauffmanii

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 Pennsylvania.January 6, February 7, March 8, April 13, May 20, June 21, July 25, August 10, September 12, October 8, November 5, December 5.
United States1,031
Canada147
Pennsylvania105
Ontario105
North Carolina104
Tennessee97
Virginia87
New York86
West Virginia77
New Jersey59

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
FamilyXeromphalinaceae
GenusXeromphalina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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