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scarlet waxcrust

Phlebia coccineofulva

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 5, February 5, March 8, April 16, May 31, June 14, July 11, August 10, September 10, October 8, November 5, December 5.
United States526
Canada161
Ontario128
Virginia73
New York71
Maryland65
Michigan59
Pennsylvania50
New Jersey32
Wisconsin30

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyMeruliaceae
GenusPhlebia

Sources

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