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Buttery Collybia

Rhodocollybia butyracea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,509, February 1,114, March 1,746, April 2,747, May 3,961, June 4,319, July 4,622, August 3,975, September 2,918, October 2,178, November 1,190, December 930.
United States32,120
Alaska31,209
Canada265
United Kingdom229
England203
California177
Russia126
New York104
Australia88
Victoria83

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
GenusRhodocollybia

Sources

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