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Bicoloured Deceiver

Laccaria bicolor

Bicoloured DeceiverAlan Rockefeller / CC BY-SA 3.0

About this fungus

Bicoloured Deceiver is listed in the Shroomify field guide as a gills fungus in the Hydnangiaceae family. Grows in all kinds of woodlands, particularly with pines and often found growing in moss. Also grows on heaths

A note on identification
This profile is a guide rather than a guarantee. If you are considering eating a wild mushroom, check the whole specimen and its possible lookalikes carefully. Do not eat it if you are unsure of the identification.

Photographs

Another view of Bicoloured DeceiverDick Culbert / CC BY 2.0

Further reading

Wikipedia · First Nature · MushroomExpert.com

The Shroomify Research Project

What the records suggest about Bicoloured Deceiver

The project has analysed over a million matched fungal events alongside weather and habitat data. These findings describe patterns in the study, not conditions that every fruitbody must follow.

Tree associations

Of the tree types tested, Bicoloured Deceiver was most often recorded where pine was present.

Elevation

Records tended to come from higher ground, about 158 metres above the average elevation of fungal records in the study.

Weather or season?

Recent weather added a smaller but repeatable signal after the normal seasonal pattern had been allowed for.

Weather response

When does this mushroom tend to appear?

The middle line means there was no difference between this species and other fungi recorded in the same area and part of the season. Warmer and cooler always mean warmer or cooler than normal for that place and time of year, not absolute temperature.

Increase linked with more recordsDecrease linked with more recordsNo clear linkThin line shows uncertainty

Soil temperature

Cooler than normal soil 4 to 7 days beforehand was linked with more records.

Warmer than normalNo changeCooler than normalCooler than normal soil 0 to 3 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Cooler than normal soil 4 to 7 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Cooler than normal soil 8 to 14 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Soil temperature 15 to 21 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil temperature 22 to 30 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Soil temperature 31 to 60 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.0-34-78-1415-2122-3031-60Days before the record

Air temperature

Cooler than normal air 4 to 7 days beforehand was linked with more records.

Warmer than normalNo changeCooler than normalAir temperature 0 to 3 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Cooler than normal air 4 to 7 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Cooler than normal air 8 to 14 days beforehand was linked with more records of this species.Air temperature 15 to 21 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Air temperature 22 to 30 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.Air temperature 31 to 60 days beforehand did not show a clear link with how often this species was recorded.0-34-78-1415-2122-3031-60Days before the record

Each point is a separate matched comparison for that weather measure and time window. Clear results must have a meaningful effect, adequate geographic coverage and the same direction in odd and even years. These are associations in field records, not rules or forecasts.

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