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Snapping Bonnet

Mycena vitilis

925 observations in the source records

What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 465, February 343, March 538, April 846, May 1,219, June 1,330, July 1,423, August 1,224, September 898, October 671, November 366, December 286.
United States9,663
Alaska9,608
Canada22
Germany22
Washington21
Ontario20
Michigan18
Ukraine14
United Kingdom11
Brandenburg10

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
FamilyMycenaceae
GenusBonnets · Mycena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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