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Cowboy's Handkerchief

Hygrophorus eburneus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) jadale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	4,096
Alaska	3,105
California	690
Canada	158
Germany	95
Ontario	87
Switzerland	60
Austria	59
Washington	49
Oregon	42

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

Kingdom	Fungi Including Lichens · Fungi
Phylum	Basidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
Class	Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Order	Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Family	Waxcaps and Allies · Hygrophoraceae
Genus	Woodwaxes · Hygrophorus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: FungiTastic metadata (BSD-3-Clause repository; dataset terms require verification)
How much to rely on each source

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