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Burnt Knight

Tricholoma ustale

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 214, February 158, March 247, April 389, May 560, June 611, July 654, August 562, September 413, October 308, November 168, December 132.
United States4,433
Alaska4,416
Germany53
Switzerland19
Schleswig-Holstein15
Spain13
Bayern13
United Kingdom12
France11
Austria8

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.