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European Platterful Mushroom

Megacollybia platyphylla

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 685, February 506, March 792, April 1,247, May 1,797, June 1,960, July 2,097, August 1,804, September 1,324, October 988, November 540, December 422.
United States14,794
Alaska14,162
Germany287
Russia130
Austria108
Pennsylvania103
France97
Spain90
West Virginia88
New York88

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
FamilyPorotheleaceae
GenusMegacollybia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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