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Deceiving Knight

Tricholoma sejunctum

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 59, February 44, March 68, April 107, May 155, June 169, July 181, August 155, September 114, October 85, November 46, December 36.
United States1,687
Alaska1,219
Canada147
Ontario76
North Carolina65
New York62
Tennessee49
Washington36
Virginia30
New Jersey27

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