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Mouse-pee Pinkgill

Entoloma incanum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 77, February 57, March 89, April 140, May 202, June 220, July 236, August 203, September 149, October 111, November 61, December 47.
United States2,163
Alaska1,592
Canada539
Ontario465
New York183
Michigan79
Quebec66
Virginia52
Kentucky37
West Virginia37

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
FamilyEntolomataceae
GenusPinkgills · Entoloma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mouse-pee Pinkgill with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.