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Sweet knot

Fomes graveolens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 9, February 10, March 11, April 18, May 23, June 12, July 9, August 9, September 11, October 10, November 8, December 9.
United States1,212
Virginia140
North Carolina126
Georgia122
Maryland112
New Jersey104
Pennsylvania103
New York84
Ohio65
Tennessee59

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shelf fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly shelf or bracket fungi.Inferred from its group
  • 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
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusFomes

Sources

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