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Bluefoot Bonnet

Mycena amicta

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 84, February 62, March 97, April 153, May 221, June 241, July 258, August 222, September 163, October 121, November 66, December 52.
United States2,059
Alaska1,740
Canada166
Washington152
British Columbia149
California59
Oregon52
Switzerland17
United Kingdom14
Ontario13

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
FamilyMycenaceae
GenusBonnets · Mycena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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