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Burnt Knight

Tricholoma ustaloides

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 38, February 28, March 43, April 68, May 99, June 108, July 115, August 99, September 73, October 54, November 30, December 23.
United States780
Alaska777
Switzerland12
Italy10
Spain9
France7
Neuchâtel7
Isole6
Canada4
Quebec4

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
FamilyTricholomataceae
GenusKnights · Tricholoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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