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Olive Pine Spike

Chroogomphus ochraceus

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 California.January 46, February 12, March 13, April 16, May 16, June 11, July 10, August 10, September 13, October 13, November 17, December 45.
United States316
California157
Canada48
Ontario23
Idaho21
British Columbia20
North Carolina19
Oregon16
Washington15
Colorado14

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

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
FamilyGomphidiaceae
GenusChroogomphus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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