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American Club-Footed Lepidella

Amanita rhopalopus

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 Virginia.January 2, February 2, March 3, April 4, May 6, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 3, October 2, November 2, December 2.
United States194
Virginia34
North Carolina30
West Virginia26
Indiana19
Maryland15
Tennessee14
Pennsylvania10
New Jersey10
Georgia8

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise American Club-Footed Lepidella with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.