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Fir-Cone Mushroom

Strobilurus trullisatus

6,663 observations in the source records

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

28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 80, February 70, March 79, April 105, May 133, June 101, July 82, August 80, September 165, October 439, November 117, December 74.
United States2,023
Washington1,826
British Columbia1,425
Oregon1,328
Canada642
California416
Idaho22
Alberta15
Utah9
Nevada4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyPhysalacriaceae
GenusStrobilurus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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