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Rosy Bonnet

Mycena rosea

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 Alaska.January 506, February 374, March 586, April 922, May 1,329, June 1,449, July 1,551, August 1,334, September 979, October 731, November 399, December 312.
United States10,514
Alaska10,471
United Kingdom821
Germany718
England694
France235
Austria214
Netherlands182
Russia143
Steiermark114

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