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Eastern American Platterful Mushroom

megacollybia rodmanii

The Eastern American Platterful Mushroom has a wide, flat cap that looks like a little plate! It often grows in groups, making it a fun sight to see in the forest.

Lebensraum: Moist, wooded areas, often found on the forest floor.

Aussehen

The Eastern American Platterful Mushroom has a broad, often wavy cap ranging from yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. Its widely spaced gills are white, contrasting with its sturdy, fibrous stem that can be paler or match the cap color.

ReichFungiStammBasidiomycotaKlasseAgaricomycetesOrdnungAgaricalesFamilieTricholomataceaeGattungMegacollybia

Eastern American Platterful Mushroom

Kategorie

Pilze

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Its name, "Platterful," refers to its impressively broad, plate-like cap.

This fungus helps forests stay healthy by recycling nutrients from dead wood.

This mushroom is one of the largest wood-decaying fungi in eastern North America!

Unlike many mushrooms, its gills are unusually far apart and very thick.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Eastern American Platterful Mushroom can break down tough, dead wood because of special enzymes that help them return nutrients to the soil.

Eastern American Platterful Mushroom has a unique ability to find and decompose buried wood, even if it's hidden under soil and leaves.

Eastern American Platterful Mushroom can release millions of tiny white spores that help them travel on air currents to new places.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 5-15 cm
Edibility: edible
Cap Diameter: 5-20 cm
Wachstumssubstrat: wood
Saison: Sommer bis Herbst
Sporenfarbe: White

Merkmale

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