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Coker's amanita

Amanita cokeri

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 10, February 12, March 11, April 18, May 18, June 11, July 9, August 9, September 10, October 10, November 8, December 9.
United States756
North Carolina133
Virginia93
Tennessee67
New York55
Maryland50
Georgia47
West Virginia43
New Jersey43
Pennsylvania29

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

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