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Red-Headed Yellow Dust Amanita

Amanita erythrocephala

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 4, June 2, July 7, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 1, December 1.
United States62
Massachusetts23
Portugal22
PORTO22
Pennsylvania5
North Carolina5
New York5
Italy5
Nord-Ovest5
Connecticut3

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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