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Latte Bracket

Trametes lactinea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 81, February 81, March 101, April 103, May 112, June 114, July 42, August 41, September 55, October 62, November 61, December 68.
United States3,959
Georgia1,409
Louisiana650
South Carolina619
Alabama555
Texas335
North Carolina324
Arkansas238
Virginia193
Maryland168

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
GenusTurkey-tails and allies · Trametes

Sources

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