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Wrinkled Crust

Phlebia radiata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,119, February 826, March 1,294, April 2,036, May 2,936, June 3,202, July 3,426, August 2,946, September 2,163, October 1,615, November 882, December 690.
United States27,630
Alaska23,136
Canada1,850
Washington1,183
British Columbia1,181
Ontario1,015
New York682
Germany665
Russia647
United Kingdom389

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • 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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

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