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Fragrant Funnel

Clitocybe fragrans

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 525, February 388, March 607, April 955, May 1,378, June 1,502, July 1,607, August 1,382, September 1,015, October 758, November 414, December 324.
United States11,450
Alaska10,855
Washington806
Oregon682
California404
United Kingdom66
Germany63
Canada49
England49
Schleswig-Holstein26

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
FamilyClitocybaceae
GenusFunnels · Clitocybe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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