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Penguin-spored Lepiota

Lepiota spheniscispora

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 33, February 7, March 7, April 9, May 9, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 7, October 7, November 10, December 29.
United States113
California90
Mexico8
Idaho6
Nevada4
Washington2
North Carolina2
Oaxaca2
Kentucky1
Colorado1

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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
FamilyVerrucosporaceae
GenusLepiota

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