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Rosy Conk

Fomitopsis cajanderi

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 70, February 50, March 47, April 62, May 78, June 60, July 49, August 47, September 48, October 69, November 103, December 72.
United States3,588
Washington1,419
Oregon1,213
California1,076
Canada687
British Columbia312
North Carolina300
Tennessee216
Georgia172
Ontario144

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 Polypores · Fomitopsidaceae
GenusFomitopsis

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