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clustered bonnet

Mycena inclinata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 365, February 270, March 423, April 665, May 958, June 1,045, July 1,118, August 962, September 706, October 527, November 288, December 225.
United States8,747
Alaska7,552
Canada310
Ontario289
Michigan189
Russia164
Pennsylvania130
United Kingdom120
England113
New York109

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