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garlic parachute

Mycetinis alliaceus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 491, February 363, March 568, April 894, May 1,289, June 1,405, July 1,504, August 1,293, September 949, October 709, November 387, December 303.
United States10,154
Alaska10,154
Germany478
Austria179
Schleswig-Holstein114
Denmark110
Steiermark106
Hessen84
Baden-Württemberg74
Niedersachsen62

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
FamilyOmphalotaceae
GenusMycetinis

Sources

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