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Conifercone Cap

Baeospora myosura

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 426, February 315, March 493, April 776, May 1,119, June 1,220, July 1,305, August 1,123, September 824, October 615, November 336, December 263.
United States9,980
Alaska8,815
Canada244
California221
New York154
Ontario146
Germany106
North Carolina101
Georgia78
Spain71

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
FamilyCyphellaceae
GenusBaeospora

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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