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Oak mazegill

Fomitopsis quercina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Oregon.January 64, February 44, March 61, April 57, May 38, June 22, July 10, August 8, September 17, October 125, November 90, December 52.
Oregon1,037
Germany463
United Kingdom312
Russia301
England257
Massachusetts212
New York205
Michigan171
Netherlands163
Pennsylvania162

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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 Polypores · Fomitopsidaceae
GenusFomitopsis

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