Alternaria penicillata

Alternaria penicillata (Corda) Woudenb. & Crous

Edibility

Edibility unknown — do not eat

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Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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Recorded observations of Alternaria penicillata by month
Month	Records
January	0
February	0
March	0
April	0
May	3
June	0
July	2
August	0
September	0
October	0
November	0
December	0

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

Utah 2 records · Foraging rules
Maryland 1 records · Foraging rules
North Carolina 1 records · Foraging rules

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About

Alternaria penicillata is a species of fungi in the family Pleosporaceae, which causes leaf blight of opium poppy. The fungus is found in Europe, Australia, India, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey, USA and Zambia. It was formerly Crivellia papaveracea in the monotypic genus Crivellia. With DNA analyses showing that it was related to Alternaria brassicicola (Schw.) Wiltshire, Alternaria japonica Yoshii, and Ulocladium alternariae (Cooke) Simmons. Genus Crivellia was named after mycologist Paolo Giuseppe Crivelli (fl. 1981). It was found in Russia and Ukraine. In 2013, a new DNA study was carried out and reclassified former genera; Allewia, Brachycladium, Chalastospora, Chmelia, Crivellia, Embellisia, Lewia, Nimbya, Sinomyces, Teretispora, Ulocladium, Undifilum and Ybotromyces as synonymy with genus Alternaria. As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.

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