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fringed sawgill

Lentinus crinitus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Louisiana.January 16, February 15, March 15, April 34, May 31, June 22, July 10, August 8, September 11, October 15, November 12, December 14.
United States1,284
Louisiana603
Mexico286
Brazil187
Georgia154
Mississippi116
Texas104
Costa Rica96
Ecuador72
Colombia71

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
GenusWoodcaps and Sawgills · Lentinus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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