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Steely Bonnet

Mycena pseudocorticola

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 173, February 128, March 200, April 314, May 453, June 494, July 529, August 455, September 334, October 249, November 136, December 106.
United States3,590
Alaska3,573
United Kingdom118
England100
Germany51
Netherlands35
Russia31
Schleswig-Holstein20
Belgium15
Nordrhein-Westfalen15

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