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pale stagshorn

Calocera pallidospathulata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 148, February 109, March 171, April 269, May 388, June 423, July 452, August 389, September 286, October 213, November 117, December 91.
United States3,055
Alaska3,055
United Kingdom57
England36
Wales12
Scotland9
China1
Taiwan Province1
Netherlands1
Zuid-Holland1

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Jelly fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically jelly fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassDacrymycetes
OrderDacrymycetales
FamilyDacrymycetaceae
GenusCalocera

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