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Bleeding Bonnet

Mycena sanguinolenta

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 452, February 334, March 523, April 822, May 1,186, June 1,293, July 1,383, August 1,190, September 873, October 652, November 356, December 278.
United States9,828
Alaska9,342
Canada166
Washington88
Ontario85
New York63
Pennsylvania52
Michigan43
California41
British Columbia33

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

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
FamilyMycenaceae
GenusBonnets · Mycena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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