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spring toughshank

Gymnopus ocior

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 96, February 71, March 111, April 174, May 251, June 273, July 293, August 252, September 185, October 138, November 75, December 59.
United States1,994
Alaska1,976
Russia30
Germany27
Switzerland15
Canada12
Italy8
Brandenburg7
Bern7
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra7

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
FamilyOmphalotaceae
GenusGymnopus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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