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Ringless Honey Mushroom

Desarmillaria caespitosa

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 North Carolina.January 210, February 252, March 233, April 374, May 375, June 226, July 181, August 299, September 1,322, October 367, November 169, December 193.
United States34,883
North Carolina4,058
Texas3,541
Ohio2,785
Georgia2,517
Virginia2,399
Maryland1,563
South Carolina1,405
Missouri1,402
Pennsylvania1,307

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

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyPhysalacriaceae
GenusDesarmillaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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