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Small Moss Oysterling

Arrhenia retiruga

1,314 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) pulk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

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 104, February 77, March 120, April 189, May 273, June 297, July 318, August 274, September 201, October 150, November 82, December 64.
United States2,380
Alaska2,149
California80
Germany59
Washington56
United Kingdom54
England44
Oregon37
Canada30
Russia26

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
FamilyWaxcaps and Allies · Hygrophoraceae
GenusArrhenia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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